Diocese of København

DIOCESE OF KØBENHAVN (COPENHAGEN) (Dioecesis Hafniae)

Country : Denmark
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1868 as Apostolic Prefecture of Denmark
Elevated in 1892 to Apostolic Vicariate of Denmark
Elevated in 1953 to Diocese of Copenhagen

Origin/meaning

The arms are based on the arms of the medival diocese of Roskilde, but with the keys in the former changed into crosiers.

Arms of Bishops

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  Hermann Grüder (1869 -1883)

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  Johannes Von Euch (1884-1922)

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  Josephus Ludovicus Brems (1922-1938)

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  Johannes Theodor Suhr (1938-1964)

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  Hans Ludwig Martensen (1965-1995)

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  Czeslaw Kozon (1995-present)

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