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The Most Reverend Petrus Kenicius
Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden
Church	Church of Sweden
Archdiocese	Uppsala
Appointed	1609
In office	1609–1636
Predecessor	Olaus Martini
Successor	Laurentius Paulinus Gothus
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Skara (1595–1608) Bishop of Strängnäs (1608)
Orders
Consecration	26 October 1595 by Abraham Angermannus
Rank	Metropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born	1555 Baggböle, Sweden
Died	3 February 1636 Uppsala, Sweden
Buried	Strängnäs Cathedral
Nationality	Swede
Parents	König Olofsson Anna Olofsdotter
Spouse	Margareta Hansdotter
Children	Katarina Kenicia Margareta Kenicia Anna Kenicia Johan Kenicius König Kenicius König Kenicius Barbro Kenicia Elisabeth Kenicia

Petrus Kenicius (1555 – 3 February 1636) was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1609 to his death.

He got his education from the Universities of Wittenberg and Rostock.

In 1589 he was put in prison by King John III of Sweden, together with, among others, Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis who would become archbishop in 1599–1600. The reason were disagreements with the King's non-Lutheran liturgy.

After being released, he was at the Uppsala Synod in 1593 as one of the twelve assessors. And in 1595 he was ordained Bishop of Skara.

He was considered a fine and hardworking person who dedicated much time and care to the University in Uppsala and the Church. In his old age, he was weakened by age and sickness and the archdiocese was said to have been neglected.

See also

• List of Archbishops of Uppsala

References

• Nordisk Familjebok (1910), article Kenicius In Swedish
• Svenskt Biografiskt Handlexikon, article Kenicius In Swedish

v t e Archbishops of Uppsala
Pre-Reformation Catholic Church in Sweden (1164–1557), Protestant Church of Sweden (1531–present)
12th century	Stefan Johannes Petrus
13th century	Olov Lambatunga Valerius Olov Basatömer Jarler Lars Folke Johansson Ängel Jakob Israelsson Johan Odulfsson Magnus Bosson Johan Nils Allesson
14th century	Nils Kettilsson Olov Björnsson Petrus Filipsson Hemming Nilsson Petrus Torkilsson Birger Gregersson Henrik Karlsson
15th–16th centuries	Jöns Gerekesson Johan Håkansson Olov Larsson Arnold of Bergen Nicolaus Ragvaldi Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna Tord Pedersson (Bonde) Jakob Ulvsson Gustav Trolle Catholic titular Archbishops in exile in Rome during the Reformation in Sweden Johannes Magnus Olaus Magnus
Reformation	Laurentius Petri (Nericius) Archbishops during the Liturgical Struggle Laurentius Petri Gothus Andreas Laurentii Björnram Abraham Angermannus Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis
17th century	Olaus Martini Petrus Kenicius Laurentius Paulinus Gothus Johannes Canuti Lenaeus Lars Stigzelius Johan Baazius the younger Olov Svebilius
18th century	Erik Benzelius the elder Haquin Spegel Mathias Steuchius Johannes Steuchius Erik Benzelius the younger Jacob Benzelius Henric Benzelius Samuel Troilius Magnus Beronius Carl Fredrik Mennander Uno von Troil
19th century	Jakob Axelsson Lindblom Carl von Rosenstein Johan Olof Wallin Carl Fredrik af Wingård Hans Olof Holmström Anton Niklas Sundberg
20th century	Johan August Ekman Nathan Söderblom Erling Eidem Yngve Brilioth Gunnar Hultgren Ruben Josefson Olof Sundby Bertil Werkström Gunnar Weman Karl Gustav Hammar
21st century	Anders Wejryd Antje Jackelén Martin Modéus

• 1555 births
• 1636 deaths
• Lutheran archbishops of Uppsala
• Bishops of Skara
• 17th-century Lutheran archbishops
• 16th-century Swedish clergy
• 17th-century Swedish clergy
• Lutheran bishops of Strängnäs