Johannes Steuchius

Swedish bishop and archbishop

The Most Reverend Johannes Steuchius
Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden

Church	Church of Sweden
Archdiocese	Uppsala
Appointed	1730
In office	1730–1742
Predecessor	Mathias Steuchius
Successor	Erik Benzelius the younger
Orders
Ordination	5 March 1709
Consecration	1730 by Mathias Steuchius
Rank	Metropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born	(1676-01-03)3 January 1676 Härnösand, Sweden
Died	21 June 1742(1742-06-21) (aged 66) Uppsala, Sweden
Nationality	Swede
Denomination	Lutheran
Parents	Mathias Steuchius Anna Tersera
Spouse	Elisabet Spegel (1705–1720) Ulrica Eleonora Franc (1724–1725)
Children	9
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Linköping (1730)
Alma mater	Uppsala University

Johannes Steuchius (3 January 1676 – 21 June 1742) was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1730 to his death. ^[1]

Biography

He was born in Härnösand, the son of Archbishop Mathias Steuchius (1644–1730) . His family surname was ennobled in 1719 to Steuch. He was enrolled at Uppsala University in 1692 and in 1695 at Lund University. Steuchius received a doctorate in philosophy at Uppsala in 1700 and in 1701, he took up a position as professor and librarian at Lund University. In 1707 he returned to Uppsala University where he was appointed professor of metaphysics and logic as well as extra ordinary professor of theology.^[1]

Steuchius left academic life in 1723, when he was appointed superintendent of the Diocese of Karlstad In 1730, he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Linköping however following the subsequent the death of his father, he was appointed to succeed him as Archbishop of Uppsala.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Johannes (Jöns) Steuchius". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
^ "Matthias Steuchius". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved June 1, 2020.