# Carl Block

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**Carl Elis Daniel Block** (12 February 1874 – 6 October 1948) was [Bishop of Gothenburg](/source/Diocese_of_Gothenburg) from 1929 until 1948. He was the half-brother of the mathematician Henrik Block and father of the doctor Erik Block and educator Bertil Block. He was a cousin of John Cullberg.

## Biography

Block was born in Öxnevalla in [Älvsborg County](/source/%C3%84lvsborg_County), [Sweden](/source/Sweden) to Anders Herder Block, a contractor in [Örby](/source/%C3%96rby), and Charlotta Elisabet Cullberg. Block graduated from the [Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg) Higher Latin Language School on 3 June 1891, after which he studied in [Lund](/source/Lund) in the fall of 1891, becoming a candidate of philosophy on 31 January 1895. He did his theoretical exam and practical theological exam on 14 December 1897 and a dissertation trial on 8 September 1910, where he introduced The judgment chapter in his dissertation titled "Kristologien i Hegelsk bearbetning (The Hologram of Hegelian Processing)".[1] He became a doctor of theology on 31 May 1935, and was elected on 11 January 1898. Carl Block became a church councilor in [Borås](/source/Bor%C3%A5s) on 3 January 1906. He was also appointed as pastor in [Mölndal](/source/M%C3%B6lndal) on 10 July 1915, serving as extraordinary chief predictor between 1919 and 1938. He was elected bishop of Gothenburg on 25 February 1929.

He became a bishop in Gothenburg on 25 February 1929. He remained bishop until his death in [Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg) on 6 October 1948. Block married Elisabet Bolin (1878-1976) on 4 September 1906.[2] They had 5 children: Kerstin (1907-1908), Märta (born 1908), Erik (born 1910), Bertil (born 1912) and Anna-Lisa (born 1915).[3]

## References

1. *Julhälsningar till församlingarna från präster i Göteborgs stift 1929-1932*, utgiven av Göteborgs Stifts-Tidnings Förlag, Göteborg 1932, årgång 1929, s. 33

1. *[Sveriges dödbok](/source/Sveriges_d%C3%B6dbok) 1947-2003*, ([CD-ROM](/source/CD-ROM) version 3.0), utgiven av [Sveriges Släktforskarförbund](/source/Sveriges_Sl%C3%A4ktforskarf%C3%B6rbund) 2005

1. *Kvinnor i fosterländsk gärning : Samlingsverk över svenska kvinnor i arbete för land och folk*, Bokförlaget Gothia, Stockholm 1943 s. 563

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