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Denomination
  
Church of Denmark

Bishop
  
Peter Skov-Jakobsen

Cathedral
  
Church of Our Lady

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Country
  
Denmark

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Emeritus Bishops
  
Erik Norman Svendsen Bishop Emeritus (1992-2009)

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 supreme authority of the church is The Queen, and the administrative head is the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs.

List of Bishops since the Reformation

  • Peder Palladius : 1537~1560
  • Hans Albertsen : 1560~1569
  • Povl Johan Madsen : 1569~1590
  • Peder Jensen Vinstrup : 1590~1614
  • Hans Poulsen Resen : 1614~1638
  • Jesper Broch Mandeville : 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
  • Louis Harboe : 1757~1783
  • Nicolai Edinger Balle : 1783~1808
  • Frederik 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 : 1911~1934
  • Hans Fuglsang Damgaard : 1934~1960
  • Willy Westergaard Madsen : 1960~1975
  • Ole Bertelsen : 1975~1992
  • Erik Norman Svendsen : 1992~2009
  • Peter Skov-Jakobsen :2009~
  • References

    Diocese of Copenhagen Wikipedia