New bishop of Aarhus
Henrik Wigh-Poulsen enters the office as the fifth new ELCD-bishop in three years.
On September 6th the Right Reverend Henrik Wigh-Poulsen, was installed to the office of Bishop of Aarhus. Henrik Wigh-Poulsen replaces Bishop Kjeld Holm who held the office since 1994. He comes from a positition as dean at the Cathedral of Odense since 2008 after heading the Grundtvig Accademy since 2000. The new bishop was born in 1959, he is married to dean Grethe Wigh-Poulsen with whom he has three children.
Five bishops in three years
In November 2014 Right Reverend Henrik Stubkjær was installed as Bishop of Viborg. Henrik Stubkjær was the General Secretary of DanChurchAid for nine years before taking this office.
With Henrik Wigh-Poulsen, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark has changed five out of elleven bishops in three years.
Henrik Wigh-Poulsen is installed by the Bishop of Copenhagen, Peter Skov-Jakobsen and the bishops of Viborg, Henrik Stubkjær, and Aalborg, Henning Toft Bro. Photo: Folkekirkeinfo.
Bishops in the ELC of Denmark
Henrik Wigh-Poulsen 2015, Diocese of Aarhus
Henrik Stubkjær 2014, Diocese of Viborg
Elof Westergaard 2014, Diocese of Ribe
Marianne Christiansen 2013, Diocese of Haderslev
Tine Lindhardt 2012, Diocese of Funen
Henning Toft Bro 2010, Diocese of Aalborg
Peter Skov-Jakobsen 2009, Diocese of Copenhagen
Peter Fischer-Møller 2008, Diocese of Roskilde
Steen Skovsgaard 2005, Diocese of Lolland Falster
Liselotte Rebel 1995, Diocese of Helsingør
Sofie Petersen 1995, Diocese of Greenland
