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The Church of Greenland, consisting of the Diocese of Greenland is the official Lutheran church in Greenland under the leadership of the Bishop of Greenland, currently Paneeraq Siegstad Munk. The Church of Greenland is semi-independent from the Church of Denmark , however, it is still considered a diocese of the Church of Denmark .
The predominant religion in Greenland is Protestant Christianity, primarily represented by the Church of Denmark, which follows Lutheran teachings. Although there are no official census records on religious affiliation in Greenland, the Bishop of Greenland , Sofie Petersen , [ 32 ] estimates that approximately 85% of the population are members ...
Religious buildings and structures in Greenland (1 C) Pages in category "Religion in Greenland" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The population of Greenland consists of Greenlandic Inuit (including mixed-race people), Danish Greenlanders and other Europeans and North Americans. The Inuit population makes up approximately 85–90% of the total (2009 est.). 6,792 people from Denmark live in Greenland, which is 12% of its total population.
Greenland was part of the "Apostolic Prefecture of the Arctic Pole" based in Norway from 1855 to 1868. Since that time, Greenland has been part of the Danish Catholic Church hierarchy, first the Apostolic Prefecture of Copenhagen, which was raised to a Vicariate Apostolic, and later a full Catholic Diocese. [ 3 ]
Greenland is a large, mostly arctic, and ice covered Island, in the Western Hemisphere, with a population of 56,789 people as of 2024. [1] There is no permanent Jewish population on the island, but there have been Jews who have lived there temporarily, like Danish Jewish soldiers, American Jewish soldiers, Israeli navy members, and members of the Israeli Air Force.
As 84% of Greenland's landmass is covered by the Greenland ice sheet, Kalaallit live in three regions: Polar, Eastern, and Western. In the 1850s some Canadian Inuit migrated to Greenland and joined the Polar Inuit communities. [9] The Eastern Inuit, or Tunumiit, live in the area with the mildest climate, a territory called Ammassalik.
The Church of Greenland consists of a single diocese, which is part of the Danish church, but is moving towards full independence. [1] In this respect it is following the example of the Church of the Faroe Islands , which is also a single diocese, and achieved full independence from the Church of Denmark in July 2007.