Thomas Ingemar Petersson (born 8 April 1968) is a Swedish prelate who is the former Bishop of Visby.
Biography Thomas Petersson was ordained priest in 1992 for the Diocese of Linköping. He worked as a pastor of St. Lawrence's Church, Söderköping between 1993–1995 and as a Stiftsadjunkt in the Diocese of Linköping between 1995 and 2002. He also served as pastor of the Ryds parish in Linköping from 2002 until 2006 and pastor of the Victoriaförsamlingen in Berlin between 2006–2011. In 2011 he was appointed as Dean of Växjö Cathedral and in 2014, in addition to being Dean, he became parish priest of the parish of Växjö, a parish consisting of 8 united churches."Presentation Thomas Petersson", Church of Sweden. Retrieved on 12 June 2018. On March 5, 2018, he was elected bishop of Visby. He was consecrated bishop by Archbishop Antje Jackelén on June 3 the same year. He was installed as Bishop in Visby Cathedral on June 9."Nu har Thomas vigts till biskop i Visby stift", Church of Sweden. Retrieved on 12 June 2018.Bäckström, J. "Nu har den nya biskopen blivit vigd", Helagotland, 3 June 2018. Retrieved on 12 June 2018.
Removal as Bishop of Visby On 1 February 2022, Petersson was laicized by the Church of Sweden's disciplinary committee and removed as Bishop of Visby for breach of conduct relating to an extra-marital affair with an employee within the diocese.Biskopen i Visby stift avsätts (in Swedish) 2022-02-01Biskopen avkragas efter utomäktenskaplig relation (in Swedish) 2022-02-01 It was the first time the church laicized and removed a bishop since Dick Helander in 1954.Finns en gräns för vilket liv man kan leva (in Swedish) 2022-02-01
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