Yngve Brilioth

Yngve Brilioth, born 12 July 1891 in Västra Ed, Sweden, dead 27 April 1959 in Uppsala, Sweden was a professor for church history, and later for Practical theology in Uppsala, Turku and Lund. He served as the Lutheran Bishop of Växjö between 1938 and 1950. Between 1950 and 1958, he was the Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala.^[1] He was also the author of a history of the Oxford Movement, which written to coincide with its centenary in 1933. He married the daughter of a predecessor, Nathan Söderblom.

The Most Reverend Yngve Brilioth
Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden
Church	Church of Sweden
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Uppsala
In office	1950-1958
Predecessor	Erling Eidem
Successor	Gunnar Hultgren
Orders
Ordination	1918
Consecration	1938 by Erling Eidem
Personal details
Born	(1891-07-12)July 12, 1891 Västervik Municipality Sweden
Died	April 27, 1959(1959-04-27) (aged 67) Uppsala Sweden
Buried	Uppsala old cemetery
Nationality	Swedish
Spouse	Brita Söderblom
Previous post	Bishop of Växjö (1938-1950)

Selected bibliography

• The Anglican Revival: Studies in the Oxford Movement. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925.
• Eucharistic Faith and Practise. Evangelical and Catholic. London 1930.
• Evangelicalism and the Oxford Movement. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1934.
• A brief history of preaching. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1965.
• Landmarks in the history of preaching. London: S.P.C.K., 1950.
• Sven-Erik Brodd: The Church as Sacrament in the Writings of Yngve Brilioth. In: International journal for the Study of the Christian Church 9, 2009, S. 118-137

References

1. "Religious Organizations" (in Swedish). World Statesmen. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

Preceded by Erling Eidem	Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden 1950–1958	Succeeded by Gunnar Hultgren