Carl Jesper Benzelius was a theologian, professor, bishop of the Diocese of Strängnäs from 1776 to 1793, and a son to archbishop Erik Benzelius the younger.
Career
In 1741 he became extraordinary and ordinary court-preacher in 1742. Between 1743-1744, he made a new travels abroad, and dwelt especially in Helmstedt, where he made his disputation under the famous Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, and became an honorary doctor of theology.
Membership
He was a member of parliament in 1778 and 1786 and in 1750 he was called to Lund University as professor of theology.