Catholic Church in Denmark

Catholic Church in Denmark
Danish: Katolske kirke i Danmark
St. Ansgar's Cathedral, Copenhagen
Type	National polity
Classification	Catholic
Orientation	Latin
Scripture	Bible
Theology	Catholic theology
Polity	Episcopal
Governance	Nordic Bishops' Conference
Pope	Francis
Bishop of Copenhagen	Czeslaw Kozon
Region	Denmark
Language	Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, Latin
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Official website	The Catholic Church in Denmark

The Catholic Church in Denmark (Danish: Den Katolske kirke i Danmark) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Diocese of Copenhagen covers the whole of the country, as well as the Faroe Islands and Greenland, and as such is one of the geographically largest Catholic dioceses by area in the world.

Catholicism was the state religion of Demark from around the 10th century until the Reformation in Denmark when Catholicism was banned in Denmark. Full religious freedom was introduced through the Constitution of 1849, allowing the Church to re-emerge. As of 2022, the number of Catholics in Denmark, a predominantly Lutheran country, is increasing. Catholics account for less than 1% of the population.^[1]