Diocese of Copenhagen

The Diocese of Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns pin ) is a Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Danish People's Church, based in Copenhagen. The bishop is since August 2009 Peter Skov- Jakobsen. He has among Danish bishops function as primus inter pares. However, Administrative Head of the Church is the Church Minister and officially the queen.

The central church of the diocese of Copenhagen Copenhagen is the Frauenkirche, also known as the Cathedral of Copenhagen.

For area of the diocese next to the city of Copenhagen includes the neighboring municipalities of Frederiksberg, Tårnby and Dragør and the island of Bornholm. It is divided into nine deaneries.

History

Instead of the 991 built diocese Roskilde Lutheran Diocese of Sealand was built during the Reformation in 1537. The Superintendent ( until the 17th century, they took back the title of bishop at ) Although resided ( as most of their predecessors ) in Copenhagen, because they had to teach as professors at the university, but had the Roskilde Cathedral as the main church. They had the function of a primus inter pares among the Danish bishops.

The diocese territory included the Baltic islands of Zealand and Møn, but not the long- Pomeranian Rügen. 1660, the island came to Bornholm, who had heard up to that point to the diocese of Lund. The Faroe Islands ( until 1990), Greenland (until 1993 ) and other overseas territories belonged to the diocese.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, there had been plans to divide the diocese Zealand, whose population had risen greatly. Since 1920, Education Ministers Jens Christian Christensen ran the establishment of a new diocese. After long debates in the Folketing, the larger surface area, but less populated Diocese of Roskilde was founded on November 22, 1922 by royal decree. At the same time the diocese Zealand became the Diocese of Copenhagen. The last bishop of Zealand Harald East Field officiated until 1934 continued as Bishop of Copenhagen.

1961, the northern part of the capital region was removed from the diocese in order to create the Diocese of Helsingør.

Among the bishops before 1922, see List of bishops of Roskilde.

The following clergymen were previously bishops of the diocese: