History

• 1868.08.07: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Missions (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions and Diocese of Osnabrück)
• 1869: Demoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Denmark / Daniæ (Latin)
• 1892.03.15: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Denmark / Daniæ (Latin)
• 1923.06.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Islanda
• 1953.04.29: Promoted as Diocese of København (dansk) / Copenhagen (English) / Copenaghen (Italiano) / Hafniæ (Latin)

Papal Visits

• Pope John Paul II (1989.06)

Special Churches

• Cathedral: Sankt Ansgar Domkirke, København, Denmark
• Former Cathedral, World Heritage Site (now Protestant church): Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark
• Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Århus Domkirke, Århus, Denmark
• Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Børglum Kloster, Børglum, Denmark
• Former Cathedral (now ruined): Domkirke Sankt Nikolai, Igaliku, Kommune Kujalleq, Greenland
• Former Cathedral (now ruined): Magnuskatedralen, Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands
• Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Odense Domkirke, Odense, Denmark
• Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Viborg Domkirke, Viborg, Denmark
• Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Vor Frue Maria Domkirke, Ribe, Denmark
• Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

All Churches (57)

Present Prelates Bishop (1995.03.22 – ...): Bishop Czeslaw Kozon (69) President of Scandinavian Episcopal Conference Ordinaries Bishops of København (Roman Rite) Bishop Czeslaw Kozon (69) (1995.03.22 – ...) Bishop of København (Denmark) President of Scandinavian Episcopal Conference Veritatem in caritate Born: 1951.11.17 (Denmark) Ordained Priest: 1979.01.06 Consecrated Bishop: 1995.05.07 Bishop of København (Denmark) (1995.03.22 – ...) Vice-President of Scandinavian Episcopal Conference (2005? – 2015.09.09) President of Scandinavian Episcopal Conference (2015.09.09 – ...) Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (2016.03.04 – 2018.03.08) Bishop Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. (1965.03.22 – 1995.03.22) Born: 1927.08.07 (Denmark) Ordained Priest: 1956.08.15 Consecrated Bishop: 1965.05.16 Died: 2012.03.13 († 84) Bishop of København (Denmark) (1965.03.22 – 1995.03.22) Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. (1953.04.29 – 1964.10.06) Pacem et veritatem Born: 1896.01.24 (Denmark) Ordained Priest: 1933.04.01 Consecrated Bishop: 1939.01.15 Died: 1997.03.10 († 101) Prior of Abbey of St. Jerome for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate (1935 – 1938.12.13) Titular Bishop of Balecium (1938.12.13 – 1953.04.29) Vicar Apostolic of Denmark (Denmark) (1938.12.13 – 1953.04.29) Bishop of København (Denmark) (1953.04.29 – 1964.10.06) Titular Bishop of Apisa maius (1964.10.06 – 1976.06.16) Vicars Apostolic of Denmark (Roman Rite) Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. (1938.12.13 – 1953.04.29) (see above) Bishop Josef Ludovico Brems, O. Praem. (1922.10.10 – 1938.11) Born: 1870.08.07 (Belgium) Ordained Priest: 1895.03.09 Consecrated Bishop: 1923.01.25 Died: 1958.04.05 († 87) Vicar Apostolic of Denmark (Denmark) (1922.10.10 – 1938.11) Titular Bishop of Roskilde (1922.10.10 – 1958.04.05) Bishop Johannes von Euch (1892.03.15 – 1922.03.18) Born: 1834.01.21 (Germany) Ordained Priest: 1860.01.18 Consecrated Bishop: 1892.09.08 Died: 1922.03.18 († 88) Prefect Apostolic of Denmark (Denmark) (1884.02.17 – 1892.03.15) Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis (1892.03.15 – 1922.03.18) Vicar Apostolic of Denmark (Denmark) (1892.03.15 – 1922.03.18) Prefects Apostolic of Denmark (Roman Rite) Fr. Johannes von Euch (later Bishop) (1884.02.17 – 1892.03.15) (see above) Fr. Hermann Grüder (1869.07.09 – 1883.12.15) Died: 1883.12.15 Prefect Apostolic of Denmark (Denmark) (1869.07.09 – 1883.12.15)

as of 2021.06.01

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