Hans Ludvig Martensen should not be confused with Hans Lassen Martensen.
Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Hans Ludvig Martensen | |
Honorific-Suffix: | S.J. |
Bishop of Copenhagen | |
Church: | Roman Catholic |
Diocese: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen |
Appointed: | 22 March 1965 |
Term: | 1965-1995 |
Term Start: | 16 May 1965 |
Term End: | 22 March 1995 |
Predecessor: | Johannes Theodor Suhr |
Successor: | Czeslaw Kozon |
Ordination: | 15 August 1956 |
Consecration: | 16 May 1965 |
Consecrated By: | Johannes Theodor Suhr |
Birth Date: | 7 August 1927 |
Birth Place: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Nationality: | Dane |
Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. (6 August 1927 - 13 March 2012) was the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Martense was born in Copenhagen. In 1956, he was ordained a priest of the Society of Jesus. In 1965 Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Copenhagen; he was consecrated on 16 May by Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. He participated in the 4th Session of the Second Vatican Council in September of that year. He resigned as bishop in 1995 and died in 2012.[1]