Jaan Kiivit Sr.
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The Most Reverend Jaan Kiivit Sr. | |
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| Archbishop of Tallinn Primate of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church | |
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| Church | Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church |
| Archdiocese | Tallinn |
| Elected | 2 February 1949 |
| In office | 1949–1967 |
| Successor | Alfred Tooming |
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| Ordination | 16 July 1933 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 February 1906 |
| Died | August 3, 1971 (aged 65) Tallinn, Estonia |
| Buried | Rahumäe cemetery |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
| Parents | Jaan Kiivit & Leena Allik |
| Spouse | Gertrud Varik |
| Children | 5, including Jaan Kiivit Jr. |
Jaan Kiivit Senior (27 February 1906 – 3 August 1971) was an Estonian prelate who was the Archbishop of Tallinn and the first primate of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1949 and 1967, after the break away from the exiled Estonian Evangelium's Lutheran Church.
Kiivit was born in Tuhalaane, Viljandi County on 27 February 1906 in the Governorate of Livonia. His father Jaan Kiivit and his mother Leena Allik were millers. From autumn 1925 to December 1932 he studied at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Tartu. He was ordained priest on 16 July 1933 by Archbishop Jakob Kukk. In April 1933 he became a vicar in Jõhvi and in July 1933 he became a pastor in Emmaste, on the island of Hiiumaa. In 1940 he was elected Dean of the Viru deanery and became acting dean. On 15 January 1941 he became was confirmed as Dean, a title which he could not have before due to his young age. On 6 June 1948, he became pastor of St. John's Church, Tallinn and Dean of Tallinn. In that period he also acted as a substitute for the Archbishop, who had moved into exile in Sweden in 1944.
