Diocese of Viborg
The diocese of Viborg (Danish: Viborg stift ) is a diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Danish People's Church .
The diocese covers part of the northern half of mainland Denmark ( Jutland ). As of January 1, 2017, 355,691 residents belonged to the Danish People's Church, which corresponds to 85.2% of the population.
Henrik Stubkjær has been a bishop since 2014 . Viborg Cathedral is the episcopal church .
The diocese is divided into 11 provosts:
- Viborg Domprovsti
- Viborg Østre Provsti
- Herning Nordre Provsti
- Herning Søndre Provsti
- Holstebro Provsti
- Ikast-Brande Provsti
- Lemvig Provsti
- Salling Provsti
- Skive Provsti
- Struer Provsti
- Vesthimmerlands Provsti
history
The diocese of Viborg was founded around 1065 by dividing the diocese of Ribe . The first stone cathedral was built between 1125 and 1200. The burial chapel of the cathedral provost Kjeld , canonized in 1188, was an important pilgrimage site in the Middle Ages. During the Reformation , Viborg was one of the centers from which Luther's new teaching spread throughout the country. Hans Tausen was able to preach evangelical under the protection of the citizenry as early as 1525 and very soon spread his writings through a printing press. In 1536 King Christian III. put the last Roman Catholic Bishop Jørgen Friis in prison. In 1537, with the introduction of Jacob Schøning as superintendent (the superintendent only later reassumed the title of bishop) by Johannes Bugenhagen, the conversion into a Protestant diocese was completed.
Bishops
Catholic
- approx. 1065-1095: Heribert
- 1106–1112: Svend I.
- 1112-1133: Eskil
- 1133-1153: Svend II.
- 1153–1191: Niels I.
- 1222-1251: Gunner (1152-1251)
- 1367-1396: Jacob Moltke
- ? –1427: Lave Glob
- 1438–1450: Thorleif Olafssøn
- 1451-1478: Knud Mikkelsen
- 1478-1498: Niels Glob
- 1521–1536: Jørgen Friis (approx. 1494–1547)
Lutheran
- 1537–1549: Jacob Schøning (1490–1549)
- 1549–1571: Kjeld Juel
- 1571–1595: Peder Thøgersen (1532–1595)
- 1617–1641: Hans Iversen Wandal (1579–1641)
- 1661–1673: Peder Villadsen (1610–1673)
- 1673–1693: Søren Glud (1621–1693)
- 1693–1700: Henrik Gerner (1629–1700)
- 1700–1713: Bartholomæus Deichman (1671–1731)
- 1713-1720: Caspar Wildhagen (1664-1720)
- 1720–1725: Søren Lintrup (1669–1731)
- 1725–1735: Johannes Trellund (1669–1735)
- 1735–1770: Andreas Wøldike (1687–1770)
- 1770–1780: Christian Michael Rottbøll (1729–1780)
- 1781–1805: Peder Tetens (1728–1805)
- 1805–1830: Jens Bloch (1761–1830)
- 1830–1854: Nicolaj Esmark Øllgaard (1775–1863)
- 1854–1878: Otto Laub (1805–1882)
- 1878–1901: Jørgen Swane (1821–1903)
- 1901–1921: Alfred Sveistrup Poulsen (1854–1921)
- 1921–1936: Johannes Gøtzsche (1866–1938)
- 1936–1951: Axel Malmstrøm (1888–1951)
- 1951–1968: Christian Baun (1898–1972)
- 1968–1985: Johannes W. Jacobsen (1915–2003)
- 1985–1996: Georg S. Geil (1930–1996)
- 1996–2014: Karsten Nissen (* 1946)
- 2014 – today: Henrik Stubkjær (* 1961)
