Diocese of Roskilde
Diocese of Roskilde Roskildes Stift | |
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![]() Roskilde Cathedral, seat of the bishop. | |
Location | |
Country | Denmark |
Statistics | |
Population - Total | (as of 2016) 729,011 |
Members | 578,580 (79.4%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Church of Denmark |
Cathedral | Roskilde Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Peter Fischer-Møller |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Roskilde (Danish: Roskildes Stift) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark. The seat of the Bishop is Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde.
History[]
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Danish dioceses in the middle ages
The Diocese of Roskilde was formed in 1922 when the Diocese of Zealand was divided into the Diocese of Copenhagen and the Diocese of Roskilde.[1]
Bishops of Roskilde[]
- 1923–1934
- 1935–1953
- 1953–1969
- 1969–1980
- 1980–1997
- 1997–2008 Jan Lindhardt
- since 2008 Peter Fischer-Møller
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Bispegården". dankinkbh.dk. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
Categories:
- Church of Denmark dioceses
- 1922 establishments in Denmark