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Diocese of Copenhagen Dioecesis Hafniae Bispedømmet København | |
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 St. Ansgar's Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Territory | All of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland |
| Metropolitan | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
| Coordinates | 55°41′9.88″N 12°35′31.86″E / 55.6860778°N 12.5921833°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,220,093 km2 (857,183 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 5,707,749 38,614 ( 0.7%) |
| Parishes | 47 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | April 29, 1953 |
| Cathedral | St. Ansgar's Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 78 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Czeslaw Kozon |
| Website | |
| katolsk.dk | |
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. The diocese also covers two Danish overseas possessions, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is estimated that 36,000 (0.7%) out of the 5,516,597 inhabitants of the diocesan territory are Catholics.[when?]
The Diocese of Copenhagen is exempt immediately to the Holy See. The principal church of the diocese is St. Ansgar's Cathedral. The current bishop, appointed in 1995, is Czeslaw Kozon.