Diocese of Helsingør

Diocese of Helsingør

HelsingørStift
The Cathedral of the diocese.
Location
CountryDenmark
Statistics
Population
- Total		(as of 2016)
1,002,815
Members692,405 (69.1%)
Information
DenominationChurch of Denmark
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
CathedralSaint Olaf Cathedral in Helsingør
Current leadership
BishopPeter Birch

The Diocese of Helsingør (Danish: Helsingør Stift) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark. It comprises the Danish Capital Region except for the core municipalities of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Tårnby and Dragør. Disjoined from the Diocese of Copenhagen on 1 January 1961, it is the most recently established of the 10 dioceses within the Danish state church. The main church is Saint Olaf's Church in Helsingør.[1]

The current bishop is Peter Birch who succeeded Lise-Lotte Rebel on 1 April 2021.

List of Bishops

References

  1. ^ "Helsingør Stift" (in Danish). Helsingør Stift. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
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