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[[Image:LEO mantia virallinen.sized.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Archbishop Leo]]

His Beatitude the Most Reverend Archbishop '''Leo (Makkonen) of Karelia and All Finland''', [[primate]] of the [[Church of Finland]], was born in Pielavesi in eastern Finland on [[June 4]], 1948. After completing studies in 1972 at the [[Kuopio Orthodox Seminary]], he was [[ordination|ordained]] [[deacon]] on [[July 20]], 1973, and [[priest]] two days later.

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He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[Bishop]] of Joensuu on [[February 25]], 1979, then served as [[Metropolitan]] of Oulu from 1980 to 1996. From 1996 to 2001 he served as Metropolitan of Helsinki, before taking up his post as [[Archbishop]] of Karelia in 2001.

From 1979 to 1994 he served as chair of the [[Fellowship of Saints Sergius and Herman]].


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==External links==
*[http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Leo_%28arkkipiispa%29 Archbishop Leo] (Finnish)
*[http://www.ort.fi/fi/kirkko_palvelee/hpk/karjalan_hpk/piispa/index.php Karjalan ja koko Suomen arkkipiispa Leo] (Finnish)
*[http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/finland/current.htm#leo_arch_karelia Listing] at the Orthodox Research Institute

[[Category:Archbishops of Finland]]
[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Finland]]
[[Category:Bishops of Joensuu]]
[[Category:Bishops of Oulu]]
[[Category:Bishops of Helsinki]]
[[Category:Bishops of Karelia]]

[[fr:Léo (Makkonen) de Finlande]]