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Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See København, Denmark

Diocese of København

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The Diocese of Copenhagen is an exempt Latin Catholic see covering all of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, immediately subject to the Holy See. It was elevated from an apostolic vicariate to a diocese in 1953 and is led by Bishop Czeslaw Kozon since 1995.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Ansgar's Cathedral, in København, Denmark.

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Established
1953
Catholics
38,614
Priests
78
Territory
2,220,093 km²

Parishes and churches

40 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Czeslaw Kozon
Born
17 November 1951
Birthplace
Sonder Tpstrup-Sud Falster

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The cathedral

St. Ansgar's Cathedral stands in København, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

All of Denmark falls under a single Latin Church diocese named for its episcopal see, the national capital Copenhagen; its territory also takes in two Danish overseas possessions, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Of the diocesan territory's 5,516,597 inhabitants, an estimated 36,000 (0.7%) are Catholics. The Diocese of Copenhagen is exempt, immediately subject to the Holy See. St. Ansgar's Cathedral is its principal church, and Czeslaw Kozon, appointed in 1995, is the current bishop.