# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matti-vaisanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:02:42.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matti-vaisanen"
name: "Matti Väisänen"
slug: "matti-vaisanen"
description: "Matti Kalevi Väisänen is a former priest of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the bishop of independent Luther Foundation ordained by Swedish-based Missionsprovinsen, an ecclesiastical province that opposes ordination of women. He graduated doctor of theology from University of Helsinki in 2007. In 2013 Väisänen ordained Risto Soramies as the first bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland."
tagline: "Finnish bishop"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1934-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           33.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.468106666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_V%C3%A4is%C3%A4nen_(piispa)"
    title: "Matti Väisänen (piispa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_V%C3%A4is%C3%A4nen_(biskup)"
    title: "Matti Väisänen (biskup)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_V%C3%A4is%C3%A4nen_(bishop)"
    title: "Matti Väisänen (bishop)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D1%96_%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Матті Вяйсянен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Вяйсянен, Матти"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_V%C3%A4is%C3%A4nen_(biskop)"
    title: "Matti Väisänen (biskop)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2575574"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump