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The Most Reverend Martti Simojoki
Archbishop of Turku and Finland

Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Archdiocese	Turku
In office	1964–1978
Predecessor	Ilmari Salomies
Successor	Mikko Juva
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Mikkeli (1951–1959) Bishop of Helsinki (1959–1964)
Orders
Ordination	1930 by Jaakko Gummerus
Consecration	4 November 1951 by Eelis Gulin
Rank	Archbishop
Personal details
Born	(1908-09-17)17 September 1908 Uusikaupunki Finland
Died	25 April 1999(1999-04-25) (aged 90) Helsinki Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Denomination	Lutheran

Ordination history of
Martti Simojoki

History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Jaakko Gummerus
Date	1930
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Eelis Gulin
Co-consecrators	Max von Bonsdorff Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard George Ingle Johannes Björklund
Date	4 November 1951

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Martti Ilmari Simojoki, previously Simelius (17 September 1908 in Uusikaupunki – 25 April 1999 in Helsinki) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1964 and 1978. Simojoki became the first bishop of the Diocese of Helsinki that was established in 1959.

Simojoki is known for his criticism of Hannu Salama's book Juhannustanssit in 1964, which led to author's conviction for blasphemy.

He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.

Notes

Seppo, Juha (2013). Kirkonmies ja muuttuva maailma - Martti Simojoki I, p. 180. WSOY, Helsinki. ISBN 9510329894.
"Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

Titles in Lutheranism
Preceded byIlmari Salomies	Archbishop of Turku and Finland 1964 – 1978	Succeeded byMikko Juva
Preceded byNew office	Bishop of Helsinki 1959 – 1964	Succeeded byAarre Lauha
Preceded byIlmari Salomies	Diocese of Mikkeli 1951 – 1959	Succeeded byOsmo Alaja

v t e 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	Rodulff Fulco
13th century	Thomas Bero Ragvald Catillus Johannes
14th century	Magnus Ragvald II Benedictus Hemming Henricus Hartmanni Johannes Petri Johannes Westfal Bero Balk
Reformation	Mikael Agricola Petrus Follingius Paulus Juusten Ericus Erici Sorolainen
17th century	Isaacus Rothovius Aeschillus Petraeus Johannes Terserus Johannes Gezelius the elder
18th century	Johannes Gezelius the younger Herman Witte Lars Tammelin Jonas Fahlenius Johannes Browallius Carl Fredrik Mennander Jakob Haartman Jakob Gadolin
19th century	Jakob Tengström Erik Gabriel Melartin Edvard Bergenheim Torsten Thure Renvall
20th century	Gustaf Johansson Lauri Ingman Erkki Kaila Aleksi Lehtonen Ilmari Salomies Martti Simojoki Mikko Juva John Vikström
21st century	Jukka Paarma Kari Mäkinen Tapio Luoma

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