List of the bishops of Roskilde
The following people were bishops of Roskilde ( Denmark ):
Ordinaries
Catholic bishops
- approx. 991 - approx. 1020 Godebald
- approx. 1022-1029 / 30 Gerbrand
- approx. 1030-1050 Avaco / Aage
- approx. 1060-1073 / 74 Wilhelm
- 1074-1088 Svend Nordmand
- 1088-1124 Arnold
- 1124-1134 Peder
- 1134-1137 Eskil
- 1137-1138 / 39 Ricco / Rike
- 1139-1158 Asker / Asser
- 1158-1191 Absalon
- 1191-1214 Anders Sunesen
- 1214 / 15–1224 / 25 Peder Jakobsen
- 1225–1249 Niels Stigsen
- 1249–1254 Jakob Erlandsen
- 1254-1277 Peder Bang
- 1278–1280 Stig (name is uncertain)
- 1280–1290 Ingvar (name is uncertain)
- 1290–1300 Johann / Jens Krag
- 1301-1320 Oluf
- 1321-1330 Johann / Jens Hind
- 1330–1344 Johann / Jens Nyborg
- 1344-1350 Jakob Poulsen
- 1350–1368 Henrik Gertsen
- 1368–1395 Niels Jepsen Ulfeldt
- 1395-1416 Peder Jensen Lode hat
- 1416–1431 Jens Andersen Lode hat
- 1431–1448 Jens Pedersen Jernskæg
- 1449-1461 Oluf Daa
- 1461–1485 Oluf Mortensen Baden
- 1485-1500 Niels Skave
- 1500–1512 Johan Jepsen Ravensberg
- 1512–1529 Location urn
- 1529–1536 Joachim Rønnow
Lutheran bishops
Diocese of Zealand
From 1536–1923 the bishops sat in Copenhagen and carried the title "Bishop of Zealand ". The Roman Catholic Church continues the Diocese of Roskilde as the Titular Diocese of Roskilde .
- 1537–1560 Peder Palladius
- 1560–1569 Hans Albertsen
- 1569–1590 Povl Johan Madsen
- 1590–1614 Peder Jensen Winstrup
- 1614-1638 Hans Poulsen Resen
- 1638–1652 Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand
- 1652-1653 Hans Hansen Resen
- 1653-1655 Laurids Scavenius
- 1655–1668 Hans Svane
- 1668–1675 Hans Wandal
- 1675–1693 Hans Bagger
- 1693–1710 Henrik Bornemann
- 1710–1737 Christian Villem Worm
- 1737–1757 Peder Hersleb
- 1757–1783 Ludvig Harboe
- 1783–1808 Nicolai Edinger Balle
- 1808–1830 Friedrich Münter
- 1830–1834 Peter Erasmus Müller
- 1834-1854 Jacob Peter Mynster
- 1854–1884 Hans Lassen Martensen
- 1884-1895 Bruun Juul Fog
- 1895–1909 Thomas Skat Rørdam
- 1909–1911 Peter Madsen
- 1911–1922 Harald Ostenfeld
Diocese of Roskilde II
In 1922, the Diocese of Zealand was divided into the Diocese of Copenhagen, with its seat there, and the new Diocese of Roskilde, whose spiritual director has since held the title of Bishop of Roskilde.
- 1923–1934 Henry Fonnesbech-Wulff
- 1935–1953 Axel Rosendal
- 1953–1969 Gudmund Schiøler
- 1969–1980 Hans Kvist
- 1980–1997 Bertil Wiberg
- 1997–2008 Jan Holger Lindhardt
- since 2008 Peter Fischer-Møller