Eelis Gulin

Eelis Gideon Gulin also known as Pinomaa or Gulin-Pinomaa (29 December 1893 - 4 August 1975) was Professor of New Testament at the University of Helsinki from 1933 to 1945 and Bishop of Tampere from 1945 to 1966.

Gulin was born on 29 December 1893 in Mikkeli, Grand Duchy of Finland in the Russian Empire, the son of Arthur Lorenz Pinomaa Gulin and Bertha Kristina Christina Sarlin.

In 1915 he graduated with a bachelor's degree and commenced studies in Eastern languages, Greek, Latin and theoretical philosophy, after which he intended to begin researching the Old Testament.

After spending time as a parish priest he became and Assistant Professor of Biblical Languages at the University of Helsinki in 1927.

In turn, Gulin was one of the bishops who consecrated Martti Simojoki in 1951, who later became Archbishop of Turku.