Thomas Petersson was ordained priest in 1992 for the
Diocese of Linköping. He worked as a pastor of
St. Lawrence's Church, Söderköping between 1993–1995 and as a Stiftsadjunkt in the
Diocese of Linköping between 1995 and 2002. He also served as pastor of the Ryds parish in Linköping from 2002 until 2006 and pastor of the Victoriaförsamlingen in
Berlin between 2006–2011. In 2011 he was appointed as Dean of
Växjö Cathedral and in 2014, in addition to being Dean, he became parish priest of the parish of Växjö, a parish consisting of 8 united churches. On March 5, 2018, he was elected bishop of Visby. He was consecrated bishop by Archbishop
Antje Jackelén on June 3 the same year. He was installed as Bishop in
Visby Cathedral on June 9. == Removal as Bishop of Visby ==