Diocese of

København

Denmark , Faroe Islands , Greenland

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: København (dansk) / Copenhagen (English) / Copenaghen (Italiano) / Hafniæ (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1868.08.07: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Denmark / Daniæ (Latin) (from Diocese of Osnabrück and Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions)
1869.08.17: Gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole
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) (without ecclesiastical province)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1989.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop (1995.03.22 – ...):

Bishop Czeslaw Kozon (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of København (Roman Rite)

Bishop Czeslaw Kozon (73)
(1995.03.22 – ...)

Bishop of København (Denmark)

Veritatem in caritate

Born:	1951.11.17 (Sonder Tastrup-Sud Falster, Denmark)
Ordained Priest:	1979.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.05.07

Priest of København (Denmark) (1979.01.06 – 1995.03.22)

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 – 2024.09.11)

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)

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): Sankt Thøger Kirke, Vestervig, Denmark
Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Viborg Domkirke, Viborg, Denmark
Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Vor Frue Maria Domkirke, Ribe, Denmark
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (58)

Oslo (↑), Stockholm (↗), Hamburg (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,210,426 km²

Population: 54,144 Catholics (0.9% of 6,038,637 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes

Personnel: 77 priests (45 diocesan, 32 religious), 11 deacons, 119 religious (41 brothers, 78 sisters), 12 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.04.02

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