Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 being 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 ...
Religion in Greenland; J. Jews in Greenland This page was last edited on 11 March 2024, at 21:52 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Today, the major religion is Protestant Christianity, mostly members of the Lutheran Church of Denmark. While there is no official census data on religion in Greenland, the Lutheran Bishop of Greenland Sofie Petersen [10] estimated that 85% of the Greenlandic population were members of its congregation in 2009. [11]
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 ]
There are no official census data on religion in Greenland, but the Bishop of Greenland Sofie Petersen [191] estimates that 85% of the Greenlandic population are members of her congregation. [192] The Church of Denmark is the established church through the Constitution of Denmark .
The Church of Greenland (Greenlandic: Ilagiit, lit. 'The Congregation'; Danish : Grønland Stift ), consisting of the Diocese of Greenland is the official Lutheran church in Greenland under the leadership of the Bishop of Greenland .
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.