What is Diocese of Mariestad?
[[File:Mariestad torg.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mariestad Cathedral]].]] The '''Diocese of Mariestad''' ({{lang-sv|Mariestads stift}}) was a [[dioceses of the Church of Sweden|diocese]] of the [[Church of Sweden]], established in [[1580]], and disestablished in [[1646]]. It was disbanded following the establishment of the [[Diocese of Karlstad]]. Spanning across the Swedish historical provinces of [[Värmland]] and northern [[Västergötland]], it used the [[Mariestad Cathedral]] as its seat. ==Superintendents== *[[Jesper Marci]] 1580–1592 *[[Mattias Marci Molitaeus]] 1592–1603 *[[Petrus Henrici Melartopaeus]] 1605–1610 *[[Jonas Oriensulanus]] 1612–1646 {{DEFAULTSORT:Diocese of Mariestad}} [[Category:Dioceses of the Church of Sweden|Mariestad]] [[Category:16th-century establishments in Sweden]] [[Category:Disestablishments in Sweden]] [[Category:1580s establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1640s disestablishments in Europe]] {{religion-stub}}