Diocese of Copenhagen
Diocese of Copenhagen Københavns Stift | |
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 The Cathedral of Copenhagen seen from Rundetårn | |
| Location | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total | 805,589 |
| Members | 467,632 (58.1%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Church of Denmark |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady in Copenhagen |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Peter Skov-Jakobsen |
| Bishops emeritus | Erik Norman Svendsen Bishop Emeritus (1992-2009) |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Diocese of Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns Stift) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark. The Bishop of Copenhagen is Peter Skov-Jakobsen, who replaced Erik Normann Svendsen in 2009. The cathedral is the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.
The Bishop of Copenhagen has a special status as primus inter pares among the Danish bishops, but does not bear the title "archbishop" because he does not hold Metropolitan status. The Bishop of Zealand formerly held this title, until the Diocese of Copenhagen was created in 1922. The supreme authority of the church is The Queen of Denmark, while the administrative head is the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs.
List of Bishops since the Reformation
Bishops of Zealand until 1922
- Peder Palladius : 1537~1560
- Hans Albertsen : 1560~1569
- Povl Johan Madsen : 1569~1590
- Peder Jensen Vinstrup : 1590~1614
- Hans Poulsen Resen : 1614~1638
- Jesper Brochmand : 1638~1652
- Hans Hansen Resen : 1652~1653
- Laurids Scavenius : 1653~1655
- Hans Svane : 1655~1668
- Hans Wandal : 1668~1675
- Henrik Bornemann : 1693~1710
- Christian Villem Worm : 1710~1737
- Peder Hersleb : 1737~1757
- Ludvig Harboe : 1757~1783
- Nicolai Edinger Balle : 1783~1808
- Friedrich Münter : 1808~1830
- Peter Erasmus Müller : 1830~1834
- Jacob Peter Mynster : 1834~1854
- Hans Lassen Martensen : 1854~1884
- Bruun Juul Fog : 1884~1895
- Thomas Tax Rørdam : 1895~1909
- Peder Madsen : 1909~1911
- Harald Ostenfeld : 1911~1922
Bishops of Copenhagen since 1922
- Harald Ostenfeld : 1922~1934
- Hans Fuglsang Damgaard : 1934~1960
- Willy Westergaard Madsen : 1960~1975
- Ole Bertelsen : 1975~1992
- Erik Norman Svendsen : 1992~2009
- Peter Skov-Jakobsen :2009~
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