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Erkki Kaila

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The Most Reverend
Erkki Kaila
Archbishop of Turku and Finland
ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
ArchdioceseTurku
In office1935–1944
PredecessorLauri Ingman
SuccessorAleksi Lehtonen
Previous post(s)Bishop of Viipuri (1925-1935)
Orders
Ordination1889
Consecration1925
Personal details
Born(1867-06-02)2 June 1867
Huittinen, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire Present-day Finland
Died9 December 1944(1944-12-09) (aged 77)
Turku, Finland
NationalityFinnish
DenominationLutheran
ParentsJonatan Johansson & Matilda Maria Milbrandt
SpouseAina Maria Drake (1889–1937)
Anna-Maria Tallgren (1944)
Children10

Erkki Kaila, previously Erik Johansson (2 June 1867 in Huittinen – 9 December 1944 in Turku) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1935 and 1944. He was a Member of Parliament between 1917 and 1927, representing the Finnish Party from 1917 to 1918 and the National Coalition Party from 1918 to 1927.

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Preceded byLauri Ingman Archbishop of Turku
1935–1944
Succeeded byAleksi Lehtonen
Archbishops of Turku
Pre-Reformation Catholic Church in Swedish Finland (1164–1554), Protestant Church of Sweden (1554–1817), Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (1817—present)
12th century Coat of arms of the Archbishop of Turku and Finland
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