PORVOO PRAYER DIARY 2023
The Porvoo Declaration commits the churches which have signed it ‘to share a common life’ and ‘to pray for and with one another’. An important way of doing this is to pray through the year for the Porvoo churches and their Dioceses. The Prayer Diary is a list of Porvoo Communion Dioceses or churches covering each Sunday
of the year, mindful of the many calls upon compilers of intercessions, and the environmental and production costs of printing a more elaborate list. Those using the calendar are invited to choose one day each week on which they will pray for
the Porvoo churches. It is hoped that individuals and parishes, cathedrals and religious orders
will make use of the Calendar in their own cycle of prayer week by week.

JANUARY
1/1
Church of England: Diocese of London, Bishop Sarah Mullally, Bishop Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy,
vacancy – bishop of Kensington, Bishop Rob Wickham, Bishop Jonathan Baker, Bishop Ric
Thorpe, Bishop Joanne Grenfell.
Church of Norway: Diocese of Nidaros and Trondheim, Presiding Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit,
Bishop Herborg Oline Finnset
8/1
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Oulu, Bishop Jukka Keskitalo
Church of Norway: Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland (Bodø), Bishop Ann-Helen Fjeldstad Jusnes
Church of England: Diocese of Coventry, Bishop Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop John
Stroyan.
15/1
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Tampere, Bishop Matti Repo
Church of England: Diocese of Manchester, Bishop David Walker, Bishop Mark Ashcroft,
Bishop Mark Davies
22/1
Church of England: Diocese of Birmingham, vacancy – bishop of Birmingham, Bishop Anne
Hollinghurst
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Bishop Paul Colton
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Elsinore, Bishop Peter Birch
29/1
Church in Wales: Diocese of Bangor, Archbishop Andrew John, Bishop Mary Stallard
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, Archbishop Michael Jackson
FEBRUARY
5/2
Church of England: Diocese of Worcester, Bishop John Inge, Bishop Martin Gorick
Church of Norway: Diocese of Hamar, Bishop Ole Kristian Bonden
12/2
Church of Ireland: United diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe, Bishop Michael Burrows
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Roskilde, Bishop Ulla Thorbjörn
Hansen
19/2
Church of England: Diocese of Peterborough, Bishop Donald Allister, Bishop John Holbrook
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Meath and Kildare, Bishop Pat Storey
26/2
Church of England: Diocese of Canterbury – Archbishop Justin Welby, Bishop Rose Hudson-
Wilkin, vacancy – bishop of Maidstone, Bishop Norman Banks
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Down and Dromore, Bishop David McClay
MARCH
5/3
Church of England: Diocese of Chelmsford, Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop Roger
Morris, Bishop Lynne Cullens
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Karlstad, Bishop Sören Dalevi
12/3
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia: Archbishop Jānis Vanags, Bishop Einārs Alpe,
Bishop Hanss Martins Jensons, Bishop Rinalds Grants, Bishop Uldis Gailitis
Church of England: Diocese of Lichfield, Bishop Michael Ipgrave, Bishop Sarah Bullock,
Bishop Matthew Parker, Bishop Clive Gregory
Church in Wales: Diocese of St David’s, Bishop Joanna Penberthy
19/3
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Lund, Bishop Johan Tyrberg
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Cashel, Ossory and Ferns, Bishop Adrian Wilkinson
Church of England: Diocese of Ely, Bishop Stephen Conway, Bishop Dagmar Winter
26/3
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Armagh, Archbishop John McDowell
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Funen, Bishop Tine Lindhardt
APRIL
2/4
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Uppsala, Archbishop Martin Modéus, Bishop Karin
Johannesson
Church in Wales: Diocese of Llandaff, Bishop June Osborne
9/4
Church of England: Diocese of Derby, Bishop Libby Lane, Bishop Malcolm Macnaughton
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Clogher, Bishop Ian Ellis
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Aalborg, Bishop Thomas Reinholdt
Rasmussen
16/4
Church of England: Diocese of Blackburn, Bishop Julian Henderson, Bishop Jill Duff,
Bishop Philip North
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Brechin, Bishop Andrew Swift
The Lutheran Church in Great Britain: Bishop Tor Berger Jørgensen
23/4
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Gothenburg, Bishop Susanne Rappmann
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, Bishop Kevin Pearson
30/4
Church of England: Diocese of Southwark, Bishop Christopher Chessun, vacancy – bishop of
Kingston, Bishop Rosemarie Mallet, Bishop Karowei Dorgu
Church of Norway: Diocese of Björgvin, Bishop Halvor Nordhaug
MAY
7/5
Church of England: Diocese of Gloucester, Bishop Rachel Treweek, Bishop Robert Springett
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Västerås, Bishop Mikael Mogren
14/5
Church of England: Diocese of Guildford, Bishop Andrew Watson, vacancy – bishop of
Dorking
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Viborg, Bishop Henrik Stubkjær
21/5
Church of England: Diocese of Exeter, Bishop Robert Atwell, Bishop James Grier, Bishop
Jackie Searle
Church of Norway: Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland, Bishop Olav Øygard
28/5
Church of England: Diocese of Hereford, Bishop Richard Jackson
The Lusitanian Church (Portugal): Bishop José Jorge Pina Cabral
The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad: Archbishop Lauma Zušēvica
JUNE
4/6
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland: Bishop Agnes Sigurdardottir, Bishop Kristjan
Björnsson, Bishop Gisli Gunnarsson
The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church: Bishop Carlos Lopez Lozano
11/6
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, Bishop Keith Riglin
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Connor, Bishop George Davison
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Lolland-Falster, Bishop Marianne
Gaarden
18/6
Church of England: Diocese in Europe, Bishop Robert Innes, Bishop David Hamid
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Visby, Bishop Erik Eckerdal
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Copenhagen, Bishop Peter Skov-
Jakobsen
25/6
Church of England: Diocese of Lincoln, acting bishop – Bishop Stephen Conway, Bishop
David Court, Bishop Nicholas Chamberlain
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Härnösand, Bishop Eva Nordung Byström
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Lapua, Bishop Matti Salomäki
JULY
2/7
Church of England: Diocese of St Albans, Bishop Alan Smith, Bishop Richard Atkinson,
vacancy – bishop of Hertford
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Linköping, Bishop Marika Markovits
9/7
Church of England: Diocese of Newcastle, Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop Mark Wroe
Church of Norway: Church of Norway: Diocese of Møre, Bishop Ingeborg Midttømme
16/7
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Skara, Bishop Åke Bonnier
Church of England: Diocese of Leeds, Bishop Nick Baines, Bishop Tony Robinson, vacancy
– bishop of Ripon, Bishop Toby Howarth, vacancy – bishop of Huddersfield, Bishop Arun
Arora
23/7
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania: Bishop Mindaugas Sabutis
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Derry and Raphoe, Bishop Andrew Foster
30/7
Church of England: Diocese of Bristol, Bishop Vivienne Faull, Bishop Lee Rayfield
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Helsinki, Bishop Teemu Laajasalo
AUGUST
6/8
Church of England: Diocese of Portsmouth, Bishop Jonathan Frost
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Stockholm, Bishop Andreas Holmberg
13/8
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, Bishop Ferran Glenfield
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Aarhus, Bishop Henrik Wigh-Poulsen
20/8
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Espoo, Bishop Kaisamari Hintikka
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Edinburgh, Bishop John Armes
27/8
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Turku, Archbishop Tapio Luoma,
Bishop Mari Leppänen
Church of England: Diocese of York, Archbishop Stephen Cottrell, Bishop Paul Ferguson,
Bishop John Thomson, Bishop Eleanor Sanderson, Bishop Stephen Race
SEPTEMBER
3/9
Church of England: Diocese of Salisbury, Bishop Stephen Lake, Bishop Andrew Rumsey,
Bishop Karen Gorham
Church in Wales: Diocese of St Asaph, Bishop Gregory Cameron
10/9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Ribe, Bishop Elof Westergaard
Church of England: Diocese of Bath and Wells, Bishop Michael Beasley, Bishop Ruth
Worsley
17/9
Church of England: Diocese of Sheffield, Bishop Pete Wilcox, Bishop Sophie Jelley
Church of Greenland: (Diocese of Greenland within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Denmark) Bishop Paneeraq Siegstad Munk
24/9
Church in Wales: Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, Bishop John Lomas
Church of England: Diocese of Leicester, Bishop Martyn Snow, Bishop Saju Mathalaly
OCTOBER
1/10
Church of England: Diocese of Liverpool, Bishop John Perumbalath, Bishop Beverley Mason
Church in Wales: Diocese of Monmouth, Bishop Cherry Vann
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Haderslev, Bishop Marianne
Christiansen
8/10
Church of England: Diocese of Truro, Bishop Philip Mounstephen, Bishop Hugh Nelson
Church of Norway: Diocese of Tönsberg, Bishop Jan Otto Myrseth
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Strängnäs, Bishop Johan Dalman
15/10
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Växjö, Bishop Fredrik Modéus
Church of England: Diocese of Oxford, Bishop Steven Croft, Bishop Olivia Graham, Bishop
Gavin Collins, Bishop Alan Wilson
22/10
Church of England: Diocese of Carlisle, Bishop James Newcome, Bishop Rob Saner-Haigh
Church of Norway: Diocese of Stavanger, Bishop Anne Lise Ådnøy
29/10
Church of England: Diocese of Winchester, vacancy – bishop of Winchester, Bishop David
Williams, Bishop Debbie Sellin
Church of Norway: Diocese of Agder and Telemark, Bishop Stein Reinertsen
NOVEMBER
5/11
Church of England: Diocese of Norwich, Bishop Graham Usher, Bishop Alan Winton,
Bishop Jane Steen
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Luleå, Bishop Åsa Nyström
12/11
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church: Archbishop Urmas Viilma, Bishop Tiit Salumäe,
Bishop Joel Luhamets
Church of England: Diocese of Rochester, Bishop Jonathan Gibbs, Bishop Simon Burton-
Jones
19/11
Church of England: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Bishop Martin Seeley, Bishop
Mike Harrison
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney, Bishop Anne Dyer
26/11
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, Bishop Ian Paton
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Porvoo, Bishop Bo-Göran Åstrand
DECEMBER
3/12
Church of England: Diocese of Chester, Bishop Mark Tanner, Bishop Julie Conalty, Bishop
Sam Corley
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Kuopio, Bishop Jari Jolkkonen
10/12
Church of England: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, Bishop Paul Williams, Bishop
Andy Emerton
Church of Norway: Diocese of Borg, Bishop Kari Mangrud Alfsvåg
17/12
Church of Norway: Diocese of Oslo, Bishop Kari Veiteberg
Church of England: Diocese of Durham, Bishop Paul Butler, Bishop Sarah Clark
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness, Bishop Mark Strange
(Primus)
24/12
Church of England: Diocese of Chichester, Bishop Martin Warner, Bishop Ruth Bushyager,
Bishop Will Hazlewood
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Mikkeli, Bishop Seppo Häkkinen

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