The Diocese of Lolland–Falster (Danish: Lolland–Falsters Stift) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark. It comprises Lolland and Falster as well as a number of smaller islands in the south-eastern corner of Denmark. The diocese was disjoined from the Diocese of Funen in 1803 and is the smallest of the 10 dioceses within the Danish state church. The main church is Maribo Cathedral in Maribo but the bishop resides in Nykøbing Falster.
Subdivisions Since 1 January 2007, the diocese is divided into the following provosties: Maribo Domprovsti (Maribo Cathedral) Lolland Vestre Provsti (Western Lolland) Lolland Østre Provsti (Eastern Lolland) Falster Provsti (Falster)
Bishops of Lolland–Falster 1803–1805: Andreas Birch 1805–1831: Peter Outzen Boisen 1831–1842: Rasmus Møller 1843–1845: Gerhard Peter Brammer 1845–1848: Peter Christian Stenersen Gad 1849–1854: Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1st term) 1854–1856: Jørgen Hjort Lautrup 1856–1871: Severin Claudius Wilken Bindesbøll 1871–1887: Ditlev Gothard Monrad (2nd term) 1887–1899: Hans Valdemar Sthyr 1899–1903: Henrik Christian von Leuenbach 1903–1907: Hans Sophus Sørensen 1907–1923: Caspar Frederik Johansen Wegener 1923–1942: Johan John Aschlund Ammundsen 1942–1950: Niels Munk Plum 1950–1964: Halfdan Høgsbro 1964–1969: Haldor Hald 1969–1996: Thorkild E. Græsholt 1996–2005: Holger Jepsen 2005–2017: Steen Skovsgaard 2017–present: Marianne Gaarden
Stiftsamtmand office holders 1737–1763: Christian Frederik Raben 1850–1885: Frederik Christian von Holsten 1885–1886: Iver Emil Hermann William Unsgaard 1890–1903: Conrad Alexander Fabritius de Tengnagel 1903–1912: Gustav Hakon Valdemar Feddersen 1912–19??: Waldemar Oxholm
See also List of churches on Falster List of churches on Lolland
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