Henrik Wigh-Poulsen (born 27 April 1959 in

Randers Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,802 (as of 1 January 2022).Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...

theologian who since September 2015 has been the

Bishop of Aarhus The former Diocese of Aarhus ( da, Aarhus Stift) was a Roman Catholic diocese in Denmark, founded in the 10th century and dissolved during the Protestant Reformation. The diocese included the counties of Aarhus and Randers, the islands of Sams ...

Life

*1979 Community student from Grenå Gymnasium *1989 Theological candidate from

Aarhus University Aarhus University ( da, Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Gr ...

*1989-1997 Vicar og Lejrskov-Jordrup parish in the

Diocese of Ribe The Diocese of Ribe (Danish: ''Ribe Stift'') is a diocese within the Church of Denmark. Ribe Cathedral serves as the central cathedral within the diocese. Since 2014, the bishop has been Elof Westergaard. The former Roman Catholic Diocese of R ...

. *1997-1998 High school teacher at Askov High School *1999-2000 Copywriter at advertising agency *2000 PhD Thesis: Nature and Homecoming - a study of Grundtvig and Jakob Knudsen's realism highlighted by the fundamental devil's relationship with *the realistic literature in the years 1870-1890 (''Afhandling: Natur og hjemkomst – en undersøgelse af Grundtvigs og Jakob Knudsens realisme belyst *af den grundtvigske bevægelses forhold til den realistiske litteratur i årene 1870-1890'') *2000-2008 Editor of Danish Church Press *2000-2008 Head of the Grundtvig Academy, Vartov *2008-2015 The provost of the

Odense Cathedral St. Canute's Cathedral ( da, Odense Domkirke or Sankt Knuds Kirke), also known as Odense Cathedral, is named after the Danish king Canute the Saint ( da, Knud den Hellige), otherwise Canute IV. It is a fine example of Brick Gothic architecture. T ...

in 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 ...

*2015 till now

"Biskop Henrik Wigh-Poulsen"
'' Diocese of Aarhus ''. Retrieved on 06 August 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wigh-Poulsen, Henrik 1959 births Living people 21st-century Lutheran bishops Danish Lutheran bishops Danish Lutheran theologians People from Randers