Diocese of Ribe
{{For|the medieval Catholic diocese|Ancient Diocese of Ribe}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name = Ribe
|local = Ribe Stift
|image = Ribe,Denmark,Dom.jpg
|image_size = 230px
|caption = The Cathedral of the diocese.
|coat = Coat of arms of the Diocese of Ribe.svg
|coat_size = 100px
|country = Denmark
|population = 355,839
|population_as_of = 2020
|members = 295,860 (83.1%)
|denomination = Church of Denmark
|cathedral = Our Lady Cathedral of Ribe
|bishop = Elof Westergaard
}}
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.{{Cite web|date=3 April 2014|title=Lemviger ny biskop i Ribe|url=https://www.tvmidtvest.dk/midt-og-vestjylland/lemviger-ny-biskop-i-ribe|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-03|website=TV Midtvest|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811214825/https://www.tvmidtvest.dk/midt-og-vestjylland/lemviger-ny-biskop-i-ribe |archive-date=2020-08-11 }}{{Cite web|last=Andreasen|first=Stinne|date=1 June 2014|title=Se billederne: Elof Westergaard blev bispeviet i Ribe|url=https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/2014-06-01/se-billederne-bispevielse-i-ribe|url-status=live|access-date=3 February 2021|website=Kristeligt Dagblad|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715161337/http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/2014-06-01/se-billederne-bispevielse-i-ribe |archive-date=2014-07-15 }}
The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Ribe was formed in 948 and oversaw much of southern Jutland. During the Protestant Reformation, the diocese converted to Lutheranism alongside the formation of the Church of Denmark.{{Cite web|title=Ribe Bispedømme/Stift|url=https://graenseforeningen.dk/om-graenselandet/leksikon/ribe-bispedoemmestift|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-03|website=graenseforeningen.dk|publisher=Grænseforeningen|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206142032/https://graenseforeningen.dk/om-graenselandet/leksikon/ribe-bispedoemmestift |archive-date=2019-12-06 }} Thus, the diocese in its current form was established in 1536.
As of 2020, the diocese oversees 219 individual churches in 200 sogns, which are divided among 8 deaneries. The diocese covers a region with a population of 355,839, of which 295,860 are members of the church.{{Cite web|title=Om Ribe Stift|url=https://ribestift.dk/om-ribe-stift/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=ribestift.dk|publisher=Ribe Stift|language=da}}
List of Bishops
- Johann Wenth, 1537–1541
- Hans Tausen, 1541–1561
- Poul Madsen, 1562–1569
- Hans Laugesen, 1569–1594
- Peder Jensen Hegelund, 1595–1614{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=S. Birket|url=https://runeberg.org/dbl/7/0213.html|title=Dansk Biografisk Lexikon|publisher=Gyldendal|year=1893|isbn=|editor-last=Bricka|editor-first=Carl Frederik|volume=VII: Hansen–Holmsted|location=Copenhagen|pages=211|language=da|chapter=Hegelund, Peder Jensen|via=Project Runeberg}}
- Iver Iversen, 1614–1629{{Cite book|last=Bricka|first=Carl Frederik|url=https://runeberg.org/dbl/7/0325.html|title=Dansk Biografisk Lexikon|publisher=Gyldendal|year=1893|volume=VII: Hansen–Holmsted|location=Copenhagen|pages=323|language=da|via=Project Runeberg}}
- Jens Dinesen Jersin, 1629–1634
- Hans Borchardsen, 1635–1643
- Erik Monrad, 1643–1650
- Peder Jensen Kragelund, 1650–1681
- Christen Jensen Lodberg, 1681–1693
- Ancher Anchersen, 1693–1701
- Christian Muus, 1701–1712
- Johannes Ocksen, 1712–1713
- Laurids Thura, 1713–1731
- Matthias Anchersen, 1731–1741
- Hans Adolph Brorson, 1741–1764
- Jørgen Bloch Carstens, 1764–1773
- Eiler Eilersen Hagerup, 1773–1774
- Tønne Bloch, 1774–1786
- Stephan Middelboe, 1786–1811
- Victor Christian Hjort, 1811–1818
- Stephan Tetens, 1819
- Jens Michael Hertz, 1819–1825
- Conrad Daniel Koefoed, 1825–1831
- Nicolai Fogtmann, 1831–1833
- Tage Christian Müller, 1833–1849
- Jacob Brøgger Daugaard, 1850–1867{{Cite book|last=Strunk|first=Adolph|url=https://runeberg.org/cataport/0135.html|title=Samlinger til en beskrivende Catalog over Portraiter af Danske, Norske og Holstenere|publisher=J.H. Schultz|year=1865|location=Copenhagen|pages=131|language=da|via=Project Runeberg}}
- Carl Frederik Balslev, 1867–1895{{Cite book|last=Bricka|first=Carl Frederik|url=https://runeberg.org/dbl/1/0486.html|title=Dansk Biografisk Lexikon|publisher=Gyldendal|year=1887|isbn=|volume=I: Aaberg - Beaymelle|location=Copenhagen|pages=468|language=da|via=Project Runeberg}}
- Carl Viggo Gøtzche, 1895–1901
- Peter Gabriel Koch, 1901–1922{{Cite book|last=Krak|first=Ove|url=https://runeberg.org/blaabog/1910/0232.html|title=Kraks Blå Bog: Tre tusinde nulevende Danske mænd og Kvinders levnedsløb indtil aar 1910|year=1910|location=Copenhagen|pages=232|language=da|via=Project Runeberg}}
- Oluf Peter Kirstein Vogn Olesen, 1923–1930
- Søren Westergaard Mejsen, 1930–1939
- Carl Immanuel Scharling, 1939–1949
- Morten Christian Lindegaard, 1949–1956
- Henrik Dons Christensen, 1956–1980
- Helge Skov, 1980–1991
- Niels Holm, 1991–2003
- Elisabeth Dons Christensen, 2003–2014
- Elof Westergaard, 2014–present
References
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External links
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