Church of Sweden elects first woman archbishop

The Bishop of Lund, Antje Jackelen, won 55.9% of the votes from the 324-strong ecclesiastical college and will replace the current archbishop Anders Wejryd.  Jackelen is 58 years old and was ordained in 1980.  She became a Doctor of Theology at Lund University in 1999.  Jackelen is the third woman to be a bishop in the Church of Sweden, and the first to become presiding bishop.  Most of her theological work has been at the junction of religion and science.