Á hverju ári birtir samstarfsnefnd Porvoo-kirknasmabandsins á heimasíðu þess lista bænaefna fyrir vikur ársins. Listinn fyrir 2026 er meðfylgjandi. Biðjum fyrir kirkjunum, lífi þeirra, starfi og leiðtogum. Meðfylgjandi mynd sáþ úr dómkirkjunni í Manchester í nóvember 2025.
PORVOO PRAYER DIARY 2026
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, Magnus Evertsson, Church of Sweden,
JANUARY
4/1
Church of England: Diocese of London, vacancy – bishop of London, Bishop Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy, Bishop Emma Ineson, Bishop Anderson Jeremiah, Bishop Jonathan Baker, Bishop Ric Thorpe, vacancy – bishop of Stepney.
Church of Norway: Diocese of Nidaros and Trondheim, Presiding Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit, Bishop Herborg Oline Finnset
11/1
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Oulu, Bishop Jukka Keskitalo
Church of Norway: Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland (Bodø), Bishop Svein Valle
Church of England: Diocese of Coventry, Bishop Sophie Jelley, vacancy – bishop of Warwick.
18/1
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Tampere, Bishop Matti Repo
Church of England: Diocese of Manchester, Bishop David Walker, Bishop Matthew Porter, Bishop Mark Davies
25/1
Church of England: Diocese of Birmingham, Bishop Michael Volland, Bishop Esther Prior
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Bishop Paul Colton
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Elsinore, Bishop Peter Birch
FEBRUARY
1/2
Church in Wales: Diocese of Bangor, vacancy – bishop of Bangor, Bishop David Morris
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, Archbishop Michael Jackson
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Faroe Islands: Bishop Jógvan Fridriksson
8/2
Church of England: Diocese of Worcester, vacancy – bishop of Worcester, Bishop Martin Gorick (acting bishop)
Church of Norway: Diocese of Hamar, Bishop Ole Kristian Bonden
15/2
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
22/2
Church of England: Diocese of Peterborough, Bishop Debbie Sellin, Bishop John Holbrook
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Meath and Kildare, Bishop Pat Storey
MARCH
1/3
Church of England: Diocese of Canterbury – Archbishop Sarah Mullaly, Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Down and Dromore, Bishop David McClay
8/3
Church of England: Diocese of Chelmsford, Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop Roger Morris, Bishop Lynne Cullens, Bishop Adam Atkinson
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Karlstad, Bishop Sören Dalevi
15/3
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia: Archbishop Rinalds Grants, Bishop Einārs Alpe, Bishop Hanss Martins Jensons, Bishop Uldis Gailitis
Church of England: Diocese of Lichfield, Bishop Michael Ipgrave, Bishop Timothy Wambunya, Bishop Sarah Bullock, Bishop Matthew Parker, Bishop Paul Thomas
Church in Wales: Diocese of St David’s, Bishop Dorrien Davies
22/3
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, vacancy – bishop of Ely, Bishop Dagmar Winter (acting bishop)
29/3
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Armagh, Archbishop John McDowell
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Funen, Bishop Mads Davidsen
Church of England: Diocese of Sodor and Man, Bishop Tricia Hillas
APRIL
5/4
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Uppsala, Archbishop Martin Modéus, Bishop Karin Johannesson
Church in Wales: Diocese of Llandaff, Bishop Mary Stallard
12/4
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
19/4
Church of England: Diocese of Blackburn, Bishop Philip North, Bishop Jill Duff, Bishop Joseph Kennedy
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Brechin, Bishop Andrew Swift
The Lutheran Church in Great Britain: Bishop Paulina Hlawiczka-Trotman
26/4
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Gothenburg, Bishop Susanne Rappmann
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, Bishop Nicholas Bundock
MAY
3/5
Church of England: Diocese of Southwark, Bishop Christopher Chessun, Bishop Martin Gainsborough, Bishop Rosemarie Mallet, Bishop Alastair Cutting
Church of Norway: Diocese of Björgvin, Bishop Ragnhild Jepsen
10/5
Church of England: Diocese of Gloucester, Bishop Rachel Treweek, Bishop Robert Springett
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Västerås, Bishop Mikael Mogren
17/5
Church of England: Diocese of Guildford, Bishop Andrew Watson, Bishop Paul Davies
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Viborg, Bishop Henrik Stubkjær
24/5
Church of England: Diocese of Exeter, Bishop Mike Harrison, Bishop James Grier, Bishop Moira Astin
Church of Norway: Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland, Bishop Stig Laegdene
31/5
Church of England: Diocese of Hereford, Bishop Richard Jackson
The Lusitanian Church (Portugal): Bishop José Jorge Pina Cabral
The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Worldwide: Archbishop Karlis Zols
JUNE
7/6
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland: Bishop Gudrun Karls-Helgudottir, Bishop Kristjan Björnsson, Bishop Gisli Gunnarsson
The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church: Bishop Carlos Lopez Lozano
14/6
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, Bishop David Railton
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Connor, Bishop George Davison
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Lolland-Falster, Bishop Marianne Gaarden
21/6
Church of England: Diocese in Europe, Bishop Robert Innes, Bishop Andrew Norman
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Visby, Bishop Erik Eckerdal
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Copenhagen, Bishop Peter Skov-Jakobsen
28/6
Church of England: Diocese of Lincoln, Bishop Stephen Conway, Bishop Nicholas Chamberlain, vacancy – bishop of Grimsby
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Härnösand, Bishop Teresia Boström
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Lapua, Bishop Matti Salomäki
JULY
5/7
Church of England: Diocese of St Albans, vacancy – bishop of St Albans, Bishop Richard Atkinson, Bishop Jane Mainwaring
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Linköping, Bishop Marika Markovits
12/7
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
19/7
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Skara, Bishop Ulrica Fritzson
Church of England: Diocese of Leeds, Bishop Nick Baines, Bishop Malcolm Chamberlain, Bishop Anna Eltringham, Bishop Toby Howarth, Bishop Smitha Prasadam, Bishop Arun Arora
26/7
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania: Bishop Mindaugas Sabutis
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Derry and Raphoe, Bishop Andrew Foster
AUGUST
2/8
Church of England: Diocese of Bristol, vacancy – bishop of Bristol, Bishop Neil Warwick
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Helsinki, Bishop Teemu Laajasalo
9/8
Church of England: Diocese of Portsmouth, Bishop Jonathan Frost
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Stockholm, Bishop Andreas Holmberg
16/8
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, Bishop Ferran Glenfield
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Aarhus, Bishop Henrik Wigh-Poulsen
23/8
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Espoo, Bishop Kaisamari Hintikka
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Edinburgh, vacancy – bishop of Edinburgh
30/8
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Turku, Archbishop Tapio Luoma, Bishop Mari Leppänen
Church of England: Diocese of York, Archbishop Stephen Cottrell, Bishop Barry Hill, Bishop Flora Winfield, Bishop Eleanor Sanderson, Bishop Stephen Race
SEPTEMBER
6/9
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
13/9
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 (interim bishop in diocese of Liverpool)
20/9
Church of England: Diocese of Sheffield, Bishop Pete Wilcox, Bishop Leah Vasey-Saunders
Church of Greenland: (Diocese of Greenland within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark) Bishop Paneeraq Siegstad Munk
27/9
Church in Wales: Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, Bishop John Lomas
Church of England: Diocese of Leicester, Bishop Martyn Snow, Bishop Saju Mathalaly
OCTOBER
4/10
Church of England: Diocese of Liverpool, vacancy – bishop of Liverpool, vacancy – bishop of Warrington, Bishop Ruth Worsley (interim bishop)
Church in Wales: Diocese of Monmouth, Archbishop Cherry Vann (Archbishop of Wales)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Haderslev, Bishop Marianne Christiansen
11/10
Church of England: Diocese of Truro, Bishop David Williams, Bishop Hugh Nelson
Church of Norway: Diocese of Tönsberg, Bishop Jan Otto Myrseth
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Strängnäs, Bishop Johan Dalman
18/10
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Växjö, Bishop Fredrik Modéus
Church of England: Diocese of Oxford, Bishop Steven Croft, Bishop Dave Bull, Bishop Gavin Collins, Bishop Mary Gregory
25/10
Church of England: Diocese of Carlisle, Bishop Robert Saner-Haigh
Church of Norway: Diocese of Stavanger, Bishop Anne Lise Ådnøy
NOVEMBER
1/11
Church of England: Diocese of Winchester, Bishop Philip Mounstephen, Bishop Rhiannon King, Bishop Kelly Betteridge,
Church of Norway: Diocese of Agder and Telemark, Bishop Stein Reinertsen
8/11
Church of England: Diocese of Norwich, Bishop Graham Usher, Bishop Ian Bishop, Bishop Jane Steen
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Luleå, Bishop Åsa Nyström
15/11
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church: Archbishop Urmas Viilma, Bishop Ove Sander (Northern Estonia), Bishop Marko Tiitus (Southern Estonia), Bishop Anti Toplaan (Western Estonia and the Islands)
Church of England: Diocese of Rochester, Bishop Jonathan Gibbs, Bishop Simon Burton-Jones
22/11
Church of England: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Bishop Joanne Grenfell, vacancy – bishop of Dunwich
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney, Bishop Anne Dyer
29/11
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
6/12
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
13/12
Church of England: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, Bishop Paul Williams, Bishop Andy Emerton
Church of Norway: Diocese of Borg, Bishop Kari Mangrud Alfsvåg
20/12
Church of Norway: Diocese of Oslo, Bishop Sunniva Gylver
Church of England: Diocese of Durham, vacancy – bishop of Durham, Bishop Sarah Clark (acting bishop)
Scottish Episcopal Church: Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness, Bishop Mark Strange (Primus)
27/12
Church of England: Diocese of Chichester, Bishop Martin Warner, Bishop Ruth Bushyager, Bishop Will Hazlewood
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Diocese of Mikkeli, Bishop Mari Parkkinen
