Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See København, Denmark
Diocese of København
Hafniae
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- Sankt Pauls KirkeSønderborgMass times recorded
- Sankt Peters KirkeHerningMass times recorded
- Sankt Vilhelms KirkeHillerødMass times recorded
- Sankt Vincent KirkeHelsingørMass times recorded
- Sct. Mariæ KirkeAalborgMass times recorded
- Vor Frue KirkeNæstvedView parish
- Vor Frue KirkeSlagelseMass times recorded
- Vor Frue KirkeSilkeborgMass times recorded
- Vor Frue KirkeAarhusView parish
- Vor Frue og Sankt Antoni MenighedHerlevMass times 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.