The Diocese of Lolland–Falster (Danish: ''Lolland–Falsters Stift'') is a
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, prov ...
within the
Evangelical Lutheran
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Church of Denmark
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. It comprises
Lolland
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and
Falster
Falster () is an island in south-eastern Denmark with an area of and 43,398 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010. as well as a number of smaller islands in the south-eastern corner of
Denmark
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. The diocese was disjoined from the
Diocese of Funen in 1803 and is the smallest of the 10 dioceses within the Danish state church. The main church is
Maribo Cathedral in
Maribo
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but the bishop resides in
Nykøbing Falster
Nykøbing Falster (; originally named Nykøbing) is a city on the island of Falster in southern Denmark. It has a population of 16,682 (1 January 2025). Including the satellite town Sundby (Lolland), Sundby on the Lolland side, with a populatio ...
.
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
* 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 (1st term)
* 1854–1856:
Jørgen Hjort Lautrup
* 1856–1871:
Severin Claudius Wilken Bindesbøll
* 1871–1887:
Ditlev Gothard Monrad (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
* 2017–present:
Marianne Gaarden
''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
See also
*
List of churches on Falster
*
List of churches on Lolland
References
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Church of Denmark dioceses
1803 establishments in Denmark
Diocese of Lolland Falster
Diocese of Lolland Falster