Porvoo Prayer Diary 2023

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.

In addition to the churches which have approved the Porvoo Declaration, we continue to pray for churches with observer status. Observers attend all the meetings held under the Agreement.

The Calendar may be freely copied or emailed for wider circulation.

The Prayer Diary is updated once a year. For corrections and updates, please contact Ecumenical Officer, Christopher Meakin, Church of Sweden,
E-Mail: christopher.meakin@svenskakyrkan.se

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