Roman Catholicism in Denmark

The Roman Catholic Church Denmark is still a young Diaspora Church.

After the Reformation had all dioceses with their bishops in Scandinavia detached from Rome, Catholic missionaries arrived in the 19th century again in the land that was now dominated by the Lutheran state church.

After 7 August 1868 Apostolic Prefecture was founded, which was raised on 12 March 1892 Apostolic vicariate the Diocese of København (Latin Hafniae ) could be justified as a country diocese on April 29, 1953.

Since 1950, 23,000 to 35,048 Catholics grown ( = 0.6 % of the population ), it is now one of 42 diocesan priests and 45 religious priests ( the latter often come from abroad ), as well as 231 nuns in 51 parishes.

Until 1938, came the Ordinaries of 2.16057 million km ² (including Faroe Islands and Greenland) great Apostolic Prefecture Apostolic Vicariate and later diocese Copenhagen from Germany. The Benedictine Father Theodor Suhr in 1938, was the first native of Denmark, who served as titular bishop in his home. He was succeeded by the Danish -born Jesuit Hans Ludvig Martensen. The Polish -born Dane Czeslaw Kozon is the third local bishop in Copenhagen.