Petrus Kenicius

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Petrus Kenicius (1555 – February 3, 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 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.

[edit] See also

List of Archbishops of Uppsala

[edit] References

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

v • d • e Archbishops of Uppsala

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 Century	Jöns Gerekesson \| Johan Håkansson \| Olov Larsson \| Arnold of Bergen \| Nicolaus Ragvaldi \| Jöns Bengtsson (Oxenstierna) \| Tord Pedersson (Bonde) \| Jakob Ulvsson \| Gustav Trolle

Reformation Period	Johannes Magnus \| Olaus Magnus

Post Reformation	Laurentius Petri (Nericius) \| 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 \| Jakob Benzelius \| Henrik Benzelius \| Samuel Troilius \| Magnus Beronius \| Karl Fredrik Mennander \| Uno von Troil

19th Century	Jakob Axelsson Lindblom \| Carl von Rosenstein \| Johan Olof Wallin \| Carl Fredrik af Wingård \| Hans Olov 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 \|