title: Diocese of Gothenburg
text: # Diocese of Gothenburg
  
  The Diocese of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborgs stift) is a diocese of the Church of Sweden. Since March 2018, the bishop has been Susanne Rappmann. The diocese includes the provinces of Bohuslän, Halland, and south-west parts of Västergötland. The episcopal see of the diocese is in Gothenburg Cathedral.
  
  ## List of superintendents of Gothenburg
  
  * Sylvester Johannis Phrygius (1620-1628)
  * Andreas Johannis Prytz (1629–1647)
  * Ericus Brunnius (1647–1664)
  
  ## List of bishops of Gothenburg
  
  * Zacharias Klingius (1665–1671)
  * Laurentius Thoreri Billichius (1671–1678)
  * Daniel Larsson Wallerius (1678–1689)
  * Johan Carlberg (1689–1701)
  * Georg Wallin the elder (1701–1702)
  * Laurentius Norrmannus (1702–1703)
  * Olaus Nezelius (1703–1710)
  * Johan Poppelman (1711–1725)
  * Erik Benzelius the younger (1726–1731)
  * Jacob Benzelius (1731–1744)
  * Georg Wallin the younger (1745–1760)
  * Erik Lamberg (1760–1780)
  * Johan Wingård (1781–1819)
  * Carl Fredrik af Wingård (1818–1839)
  * Anders Bruhn (1840–1856)
  * Gustaf Daniel Björck (1856–1888)
  * Edvard Herman Rodhe (1888–1929)
  * Carl Block (1929–1948)
  * Bo Giertz (1949–1970)
  * Bertil Gärtner (1970–1991)
  * Lars Eckerdal (1991–2003)
  * Carl Axel Aurelius (2003–2011)
  * Per Eckerdal (2011–2018)
  * Susanne Rappmann (2018–present)
  