The Diocese of Helsingør (

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: Helsingør Stift) is a

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within the

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. It comprises the

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except for the core municipalities of

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and Dragør. Disjoined from the Diocese of Copenhagen on 1 January 1961, it is the most recently established of the 10 dioceses within the Danish state church. The main church is Saint Olaf's Church in

Helsingør Helsingør ( , ; sv, Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northe ...

. The current bishop is Peter Birch who succeeded Lise-Lotte Rebel on 1 April 2021.

List of Bishops

* J.B. Leer-Andersen, 1961–1980 * Johannes Johansen, 1980–1995 * Lise-Lotte Rebel, 1995–2021 * Peter Birch, 2021–present

References

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