Diocese of Lund

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Diocese of Lund Diocesis Lundensis Lunds stift
Arms of the diocese of Lund. It shows a gridiron in remembrance of the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, the patron saint of Lund Cathedral.
Location
Deaneries	18 kontrakt[1]
Coordinates	55°42′15″N 13°11′37″E / 55.70417°N 13.19361°E / 55.70417; 13.19361
Statistics
Parishes	155[1]
Congregations	189[1]
Information
Denomination	Church of Sweden
Established	around 1050[2]
Cathedral	Lund Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Johan Tyrberg
Map
Website
www.svenskakyrkan.se/lundsstift

Archdiocese of Lund Archidioecesis Lundensis Lund ærkebispedømme
Lund Cathedral, the seat of the Archbishop of Lund.
Location
Country	Denmark
Ecclesiastical province	Lund
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1048 (As Diocese of Lund) 1103 (As Archdiocese of Lund)
Dissolved	1536
Cathedral	Lund Cathedral

The Diocese of Lund (Swedish: Lunds stift) is a diocese within the Church of Sweden which corresponds to the provinces of Blekinge and Skåne. There are 217 parishes within the diocese, the most significant number in any of the dioceses of the Church of Sweden. The present bishop of Lund, Johan Tyrberg,^[3] succeeded Antje Jackelén in 2014.

The diocese was originally established in 1060^[4] as a Roman Catholic diocese within the Kingdom of Denmark. Beginning in 1104, it had jurisdiction over ecclesiastical affairs in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden as the Archdiocese of Lund. Following the Danish Reformation, it became a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Denmark. Since the signing of the treaty of Roskilde in 1658 it has been the southernmost diocese in the Lutheran Church of Sweden.