Ilmari Salomies

Ilmari Johannes Salomies, previously Salonen (17 July 1893 – 26 December 1973, Helsinki), was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1951 and 1964.

The Most Reverend

Ilmari Salomies
Archbishop of Turku and Finland
ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
ArchdioceseTurku
In office1951-1964
PredecessorAleksi Lehtonen
SuccessorMartti Simojoki
Orders
Ordination1920
Consecration13 June 1943
by Erkki Kaila
Personal details
Born(1893-07-17)July 17, 1893
Mikkeli, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire Present-day Finland
DiedDecember 26, 1973(1973-12-26) (aged 80)
Helsinki, Finland
NationalityFinnish
DenominationLutheran
ParentsEdvard Salonen & Hedvig Sofia Salonen
SpouseKirsti Hildén
Previous postBishop of Mikkeli (1943-1951)

Biography

Salomies was born on July 17, 1893 in Mikkeli, the son of Edvard Salonen and Hedvig Sofia Salonen.

From 1931 he taught church history at the University of Helsinki. In 1938 he became a full professor of ecclesiastical history.[1] He was elected Bishop of Viipuri in February 1943 and consecrated on June 13 by Archbishop Erkki Kaila of Turku and Bishop Yrjö Wallinmaa of Oulu in Turku Cathedral. In 1945 the diocese's seat was transferred to Mikkeli and the name of the diocese was changed to the Diocese of Mikkeli, with Salomies as the first bishop with that title. In 1951 he was elected Archbishop of Turku where he remained till 1964. He died on December 26, 1973 in Helsinki and was buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[2]

References
  1. Salomies, Ilmari in Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish).
  2. "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
Preceded by
Aleksi Lehtonen		 Archbishop of Turku
1951–1964		 Succeeded by
Martti Simojoki
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