Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Denmark | ![]() |
| Date | Change |
| 948 | Diocese of Ribe was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
| 948 | Diocese of Århus was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
| 948 | Diocese of Schleswig was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
| 988 | Diocese of Odense was established (from Diocese of Schleswig and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
| 991 | Diocese of Roskilde was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hamburg and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
| 1060 | Diocese of Børglum was established (from Diocese of Ribe and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
| 1060 | Diocese of Viborg was established (from Diocese of Ribe and became suffragan of Hamburg) |
| 1536 | Diocese of Odense was suppressed |
| 1536 | Diocese of Roskilde was suppressed |
| 1536 | Diocese of Århus was suppressed |
| 1539.02.09 | Diocese of Ribe was suppressed |
| 1547 | Diocese of Viborg was suppressed |
| 1551 | Diocese of Børglum was suppressed |
| 1624 | Diocese of Schleswig was suppressed |
| 1855.12.08 | Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Québec, Diocese of Saint-Boniface, Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions and Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden) |
| 1866.03.20 | Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole |
| 1868.07.29 | Apostolic Prefecture of Schleswig-Holstein was restored (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions) |
| 1868.08.07 | Apostolic Prefecture of Denmark was established (from Diocese of Osnabrück and Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions) |
| 1869.08.17 | Apostolic Prefecture of North Pole was suppressed (to Diocese of Saint-Boniface, Diocese of Saint-Germain de Rimouski, Apostolic Vicariate of Athabaska Mackenzie, Apostolic Vicariate of Northern District of Scotland, Apostolic Vicariate of Sweden and Apostolic Prefecture of Denmark) |
| 1892.03.15 | Apostolic Prefecture of Denmark was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Denmark |
| 1922 | Titular Episcopal See of Röskild was restored |
| 1923 | Titular Episcopal See of Röskild was renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Roskilde |
| 1930.08.13 | Apostolic Prefecture of Schleswig-Holstein was suppressed (to Diocese of Osnabrück) |
| 1953.04.29 | Apostolic Vicariate of Denmark was promoted as Diocese of København (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1959.04.17 | Apostolic Exarchate of Deutschland und Skandinavien (Ukrainian Rite) was established |
| 1964 | Titular Episcopal See of Roskilde was suppressed |
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