Bishop of Greenland information

The Bishop of Greenland (Danish: Biskop af Grønland) is a diocesan bishop of the Church of Denmark, and the leader of the Church of Greenland, which is...

church in Greenland under the leadership of the Bishop of Greenland. Paneeraq Siegstad Munk became Bishop in 2020. The Church of Greenland is semi-independent...

Lists of bishops of Greenland: Before and during the Reformation: Garðar, Greenland#Diocese of Garðar After the Reformation: Bishop of Greenland#List of Bishops...

demography of the population of Greenland including population density, ethnicity, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population...

[ˈkʌtˌhɔˀp]) is the capital of and most populous city in Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the territory's...

"Greenlanders") were Norsemen that came from Iceland to settle on the Island of Greenland in the years following 986. The Grænlendingar were the first Europeans...

of Greenland, consisting of the Diocese of Greenland is the official Lutheran church in Greenland under the leadership of the Bishop of Greenland, currently...

The history of Greenland is a history of life under extreme Arctic conditions: currently, an ice sheet covers about eighty percent of the island, restricting...

Greenlandic Lutheran bishop. She was Bishop of Greenland from 1995 to 2020. She was born on 23 November 1955 in Maniitsoq, Greenland. She studied theology...

Norwegian sagas and historical works mention Greenland's economy, the bishops of Gardar, and the collection of tithes. A chapter in the Konungs skuggsjá...

(born 30 January 1977) is the current Bishop of Greenland for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was elected as bishop in 2020, and officially sworn in the...

Pedersen, Canadian politician, born in Greenland Bishop Sofie Petersen (b. 1955), Lutheran Bishop of Greenland Minik Wallace (ca. 1890–1918), boy treated...

missionary, reported that on a voyage to Godthåb on the western coast of Greenland he observed: a most terrible creature, resembling nothing they saw before...

and surveyor of Greenland, gave an 18th-century description of a sea serpent witnessed by his party. In his journal he wrote: On the 6th of July, 1734,...

Cathedral of Greenland. The first bishop of Greenland in 616 years was Kristian Mørk who was ordained in 1994, the previous bishop of Greenland was Álfur...

missionary who launched mission efforts to Greenland, which led him to be styled the Apostle of Greenland. He established a successful mission among the...

centuries), may have been a bishop of Greenland. Very little is known about him. Some considered him as the first bishop of America, residing at Garðar...

was sent to Greenland in 1341 to serve as superintendent of the bishop's seat at Gardar in the Eastern Settlement. After the death of Bishop Árni in 1347...

Flateyjarbók manuscript. The Saga of the Greenlanders starts with Erik the Red, who leaves Norway and colonizes Greenland. It then relates six expeditions...

first churches in the America, and after much effort the people of Greenland received a bishop. The church thrived with the Norse colony which saw its peak...

western Greenland located in the Qeqqata municipality. With 2,534 inhabitants as of 2020[update], it is the sixth-largest town in Greenland. Archaeological...

becomes the first Bishop of Greenland. Ottokar III of Styria, Margrave (d. 1164) Possible date – Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine, queen consort...

The Bishop of Orkney was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Orkney, one of thirteen medieval bishoprics of Scotland. It included both Orkney and...