Published 9 November 2009. States Eva Brunne was consecrated as Bishop of Stockholm in a ceremony at Uppsala Cathedral on 8 November 2009, reported as the country's first openly homosexual bishop. States Brunne was in a civil union partnership with another woman and that together they were raising a three year old child. States the consecration came less than three weeks after the Church of Sweden's General Synod had approved same-sex church weddings on 22 October 2009.
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Sweden's English-language national news outlet reporting a named consecration on the day after it happened, corroborating the general synod's marriage vote it follows. NotesCited for Church of Sweden's sexuality-position detail, corroborating ordination on equal terms.
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PublisherThe Local Sweden
Publication Year2009
URLhttps://www.thelocal.se/20091109/23148
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This source names Uppsala directly: "Bishop of Stockholm in a ceremony at Uppsala Cathedral on 8 November 2009, reported as the country's first openly homosexual bishop."
Source Sweden's First Lesbian Bishop Consecrated in Uppsala (The Local Sweden)
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