Background
Christina Odenberg is the daughter of Ingemar Odenberg and Kerstin, born Moberg.
Christina Odenberg is the daughter of Ingemar Odenberg and Kerstin, born Moberg.
She was ordained in Stockholm the 17 of December 1967. She served as a priest in Östergötland county first as an assistant vicar in Östra Ryd then as vicar in Österåker-Östra Ryd. 1990 she became deneary in Roslags kontrakt.
When the then bichop of the Diocese of Lund K. G. Hammar was made archbishop of Uppsala Odenberg was appointed as his successor on June 5, 1997.
She was even by some groups accused of breaking her priestly pledges by blessing something they claimed as a sin. Odenberg is the spiritual protector of the Swedish section of the Order of Saint Lazarus
Christina Odenberg retired on March 31, 2007, and was succeeded by Antje Jackelén.