The Diocese of Lolland–Falster (Danish: ''Lolland–Falsters Stift'') is a

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within the

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Church of Denmark The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark or National Church, sometimes called the Church of Denmark ( da, Folkekirken, literally: "The People's Church" or unofficially da, Den danske folkekirke, literally: "The Danish People's Church"; kl, ...

. It comprises Lolland and Falster as well as a number of smaller islands in the south-eastern corner of

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. The diocese was disjoined from the

Diocese of Funen The Diocese of Funen (Danish: ''Fyens Stift'') is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark. St. Canute's Cathedral in Odense serves as the seat of its bishop. Tine Lindhardt has been the bishop of the diocese since 2012. Hist ...

in 1803 and is the smallest of the 10 dioceses within the Danish state church. The main church is

Maribo Cathedral Maribo Cathedral ( da, Maribo Domkirke) is a Gothic cathedral church in Maribo on the island of Lolland in the southeast of Denmark. It was originally part of Maribo Abbey which was founded in the early 15th century. The chancel, the oldest sect ...

Maribo Maribo is a town in Lolland Municipality in Region Sjælland on the island of Lolland in south Denmark. It was the municipal seat of the former Maribo Municipality, until 1 January 2007, and then it became the seat of the current Lolland Muni ...

but the bishop resides in

Nykøbing Falster Nykøbing Falster (; originally named Nykøbing) is a southern Danish city, seat of the Guldborgsund ''kommune''. It belongs to Region Sjælland. The city lies on Falster, connected by the Frederick IX Bridge over the Guldborgsund (''Guld ...

Subdivisions

Since 1 January 2007, the diocese is divided into the following '' provostier'': * Maribo Domprovsti (Maribo Cathedral) * Lolland Vestre Provsti (Western Lolland) * Lolland Østre Provsti (Eastern Lolland) * Falster Provsti (Falster)

Bishops of Lolland–Falster

* 1803–1805:

Andreas Birch Andreas Birch (November 6, 1758 – October 25, 1829) was a professor from Copenhagen.Fr. NielsenBiografii 1. '' Dansk biografisk leksikon'', edited by C.F. Bricka, 2. volume, page 280, Gyldendal, 1887–1905 Birch was sent in 1781–1783 by the ...

* 1805–1831: Peter Outzen Boisen * 1831–1842: Rasmus Møller * 1843–1845: Gerhard Peter Brammer * 1845–1848: Peter Christian Stenersen Gad * 1849–1854:

Ditlev Gothard Monrad Ditlev Gothard Monrad (24 November 1811 – 28 March 1887) was a Danish politician and bishop, and a founding father of Danish constitutional democracy; he also led the country as Council President in its huge defeat during the Second Schles ...

(1st term) * 1854–1856: Jørgen Hjort Lautrup * 1856–1871:

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* 1871–1887:

(2nd term) * 1887–1899: Hans Valdemar Sthyr * 1899–1903: Henrik Christian von Leuenbach * 1903–1907: Hans Sophus Sørensen * 1907–1923: Caspar Frederik Johansen Wegener * 1923–1942: Johan John Aschlund Ammundsen * 1942–1950: Niels Munk Plum * 1950–1964: Halfdan Høgsbro * 1964–1969: Haldor Hald * 1969–1996: Thorkild E. Græsholt * 1996–2005: Holger Jepsen * 2005–2017:

Steen Skovsgaard Steen Skovsgaard (born 30 September 1952 in Bolbro) is a Danish prelate of the Church of Denmark serving as the Bishop of Lolland–Falster from 2005 to 2017. He was replaced by Marianne Gaarden. Life After graduation in 1979, Skovsgaard became ...

* 2017–present:

Marianne Gaarden Marianne Gaarden (born 4 February 1964) is a Danish prelate who is the 21st and current Bishop of Lolland-Falster. Biography Gaarden is from Brønderslev, where she became a student at Brønderslev School in 1983. She subsequently went to Barce ...

''Stiftsamtmand'' office holders

* 1737–1763: Christian Frederik Raben (?) * 1850–1885: Frederik Christian von Holsten * 1885–1886: Iver Emil Hermann William Unsgaard * 1890–1903: Conrad Alexander Fabritius de Tengnagel * 1903–1912: Gustav Hakon Valdemar Feddersen * 1912–19??: Waldemar Oxholm

References

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Subdivisions

Bishops of Lolland–Falster

''Stiftsamtmand'' office holders

See also

References