Tapio Luoma
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The Most Reverend Tapio Luoma | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Turku and Finland | |
 Luoma in 2013 | |
| Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
| Elected | 2018 |
| Installed | 1 June 2018 |
| Predecessor | Kari Mäkinen |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1 February 2012 by Kari Mäkinen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 June 1962 |
| Nationality | Finnish |
Tapio Juhani Luoma (born 15 June 1962) is a Finnish prelate, who has been the Archbishop of Turku and Finland and Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland since 1 June 2018.
Born in Kurikka, Luoma was ordained priest in 1987. He acquired a doctorate in theology in 1999 with his dissertation concerning the relationship between theology and natural sciences. Luoma's dissertation is titled Incarnation and Physics: Natural Science in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance and is published by Oxford University Press in 2002.[1]
He has worked as a chaplain in Peräseinäjoki between 1987 and 1998, and in Ilmajoki between 1998 and 2002. In 2002, he moved to Seinäjoki as parish priest. He also served as Broadcaster of the Broadcasting Corporation between 1986 and 1987.
On 1 February 2012, he was consecrated as bishop of Espoo by Archbishop Kari Mäkinen and installed as bishop on 12 February in Espoo Cathedral.[2] He was elected as Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland on 1 March 2018, and assumed office in June 2018 upon the retirement of Kari Mäkinen.[3]
Luoma is a published author, having authored four books.[4]
