The Catholic church in Denmark (where the state church is Lutheran) and its overseas territories has no ecclesiastical province nor belongs to any (all sees being exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See), nor has a national episcopal conference, but the -entirely Latin- Danish episcopate participates in the Episcopal conference of Scandinavia. It comprises only :
- the only proper see, a full bishopric in the national capital
- two missionary pre-diocesan territorial prelatures.
The Eastern Catholics are pastorally served by a transnational apostolic exarchate from Germany.
There formally is also an Apostolic Nunciature to Denmark, as papal embassy-level diplomatic representation. However, it is vested in the Apostolic Nunciature to Sweden (in Djursholm), as are the nunciatures to Norway, Finland and Iceland, covering the Nordic countries.
Current jurisdictions
Latin jurisdiction
- Diocese of Copenhagen (København), which also covers overseas the Faroe Islands (European Atlantic) and Greenland (North America)
Eastern Catholic jurisdiction
- Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia, also covering Germany (with the see in Münich), Finland, Norway and Sweden
Defunct jurisdictions
(all Latin)
Titular sees
Titular bishoprics only
- Diocese of Roskilde (suppressed again, even as titular bishopric)
- Diocese of Gardar (Garðar) on Greenland
Other Pre-Reformation
- Diocese of Aarhus (Århus)
- Diocese of Børglum
- Diocese of Odense
- Diocese of Ribe
- Diocese of Schleswig (mainly in present Germany; absorbed by Osnabrück)
- Diocese of Viborg (Vestervig)
Post-Reformation
Only direct precursors of the current sees.
Sources and external links
- GCatholic - data for all sections