The former Diocese of Roskilde () was a

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

within the

Roman-Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...

which was established in

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

some time before 1022. The diocese was dissolved with the Reformation of Denmark and replaced by the Protestant

Diocese of Zealand The Diocese of Zealand (Danish: ''Sjællands Stift'') was a protestant diocese in Denmark that existed from 1537 to 1922. The diocese had been formed in 1537 following the Reformation of Denmark, and was dissolved in 1922 when it was divided into ...

in 1537.

History

The episcopal see of the Bishop was

Roskilde Cathedral Roskilde Cathedral ( da, Roskilde Domkirke), in the city of Roskilde on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark, is a cathedral of the Lutheranism, Lutheran Church of Denmark. The cathedral is the most importan ...

but from 1167, when Bishop

Absalon Absalon (21 March 1201) was a Danish statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Roskilde from 1158 to 1192 and archbishop of Lund from 1178 until his death. He was the foremost politician and church father of Denm ...

completed a new

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...

's palace known as

Absalon's Castle Absalon's Castle, ( da, Absalons borg) was a fortification on the island of Slotsholmen in Copenhagen, located at the site of the later Copenhagen Castle and Christiansborg Palace. According to the chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, the castle was founde ...

on the small island of

Slotsholmen Slotsholmen (English: The Castle Islet) is an island in the harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, and part of Copenhagen Inner City. The name is taken from the successive castles and palaces located on the island since Bishop Absalon constructed the c ...

, he resided at the small town of ''Havn'', which later became the present Danish capital

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

. The diocese originally included both the island of

Zealand Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is the 1 ...

and

Scania Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne ...

(southern Sweden, then part of Denmark), but Scania was disjoined in 1060 and initially divided into the short-lived

Diocese of Dalby Dalby () is a locality and short-lived (11th century) former Latin Catholic diocese situated in Lund Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6732 inhabitants in 2019. It is located about 10 km East-southeast of Lund, and about 20 km ...

and the

Diocese of Lund The Diocese of Lund ( sv, Lunds stift) is a diocese within the Church of Sweden which corresponds to the provinces of Blekinge and Skåne. There are 217 parishes within the diocese, the most significant number in any of the dioceses of the Chu ...

, which absorbed the first and became the Metropolitan of (southern) Scandinavia.

Successor jurisdictions

In 1868, the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen The Diocese of Copenhagen is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church named after its episcopal see, the Danish national capital, Copenhagen and covers all Denmark. As in neighbouring provinces, none of the pre- ...

was established with

St. Ansgar's Cathedral Saint Ansgar's Cathedral () in Copenhagen, Denmark is the principal church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen, which encompasses all of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It was consecrated in 1842 and became a cathed ...

as the seat. In 1922, the Protestant Diocese of Zealand was divided into the

Diocese of Copenhagen The Diocese of Copenhagen (Danish: ''Københavns Stift'') is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark. The Bishop of Copenhagen is currently Peter Skov-Jakobsen, who replaced Erik Normann Svendsen in 2009. The main cathedral of ...

and the

Diocese of Roskilde The Diocese of Roskilde ( da, Roskildes Stift) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark. The seat of the Bishop is Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde. History The Diocese of Roskilde was formed in 1922 when the Diocese of Zeala ...

Bishops of Roskilde, c. 1022 – 1536

* c. 1022–1029/30 Gerbrand (da) * c. 1030–late 1050s Avaco/Aage * c. 1060–1073/74

William of Roskilde William of Roskilde ( da, Vilhelm i Roskilde, died 1073 or 1074) was a Danish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of Roskilde in Denmark from about 1060 to 1073 or 1074. He was canonized as a saint on 21 January 1224 ...

(da) * 1074–1088

Svend Nordmand Svend is a Danish and Norwegian given name that may refer to: * King Svend * Svend Aagesen (c.1145–?), Danish historian * Svend Asmussen (1916–2017), Danish jazz violinist known as "The Fiddling Viking" * Svend Auken (1943–2009), Danish po ...

* 1088–1124 Arnold * 1124–1134

Peder Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek , ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek ''petra,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic ''Kefa'' ("stone, rock"), the new na ...

* 1134–1137 Eskild * 1137–1138/39 Ricco/Rike * 1139–1158 Asker/Asser * 1158–1191

* 1191–1214 * 1214/15–1224/25 Peder Jacobsen * 1225–1249 Niels Stigsen * 1249–1254 Jakob Erlandsen * 1254–1277

Peder Bang Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek , ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek '' petra,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic ''Kefa'' ("stone, rock"), the new n ...

* 1278–1280 Stig (uncertainty regarding name etc.) * 1280–1290 Ingvar (usikkerhed m.h.t. navn) * 1290–1300 Johannes / Johan / Jens Krag * 1301–1320 Oluf * 1321–1330 Johan /

Jens Hind Jens may refer to: * Jens (given name), a list of people with the name * Jens (surname), a list of people * Jens, Switzerland, a municipality * 1719 Jens, an asteroid See also * Jensen (disambiguation) * Jenssi Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) ...

* 1330–1344 Johan Nyborg / Jens Nyborg * 1344–1350

Jacob Poulsen Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

* 1350–1368 Henrik Gertsen * 1368–1395 Niels Jepsen Ulfeldt / Niels Jacobsen Ulfeldt * 1395–1416

Peder Jensen Lodehat Peder Jensen Lodehat (died 21 October 1416) was the bishop of the Diocese of Aarhus and a significant political figure in Denmark during the reign of queen Margrete I. Lodehat was originally from a minor noble family in Zealand but made a career ...

* 1416–1431

Jens Andersen Lodehat Jens may refer to: * Jens (given name), a list of people with the name * Jens (surname), a list of people * Jens, Switzerland, a municipality * 1719 Jens, an asteroid See also * Jensen (disambiguation) * Jenssi Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) ...

* 1431–1448

Jens Pedersen Jernskæg Jens may refer to: * Jens (given name), a list of people with the name * Jens (surname), a list of people * Jens, Switzerland, a municipality * 1719 Jens, an asteroid See also * Jensen (disambiguation) * Jenssi Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) ...

* 1449–1461 Oluf Daa * 1461–1485

Oluf Mortensen Baden Olaf of Denmark – Danish: ''Oluf'' - may refer to: * Olaf I of Denmark Olaf I ( da, Oluf; – 18 August 1095), nicknamed Olaf Hunger, was king of Denmark from 1086 to 1095, following the death of his brother Canute IV the Holy. He was a son ...

* 1485–1500 Niels Skave * 1500–1512 Johan Jepsen Ravensberg * 1512–1529

Lage Jørgensen Urne Lage may refer to: Places * Lage, Lower Saxony * Lage, North Rhine-Westphalia * Lage, Sulawesi People * Julian Lage (born 1987), American jazz guitarist and composer * Klaus Lage (born 1950), German musician * Natália Lage (born 1978), Brazili ...

* 1529–1536 Joachim Rønnow

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roskilde, Diocese Catholic Church in Denmark

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...