Henrik Stubkjær (born 1961) is the Bishop of Viborg in Denmark, a position he has held since 2014. He previously led the Diaconal College in Aarhus and spent close to a decade as secretary general of the Danish relief organisation DanChurchAid, focused on international humanitarian work. In 2023 he became the first Dane ever elected president of the Lutheran World Federation, a global communion of more than 150 churches representing over 77 million Lutheran Christians.
Henrik Stubkjær holds a lecture on faith, church and global engagement at Skive Library on October 22, 2026.
He holds a lecture on the Lutheran World Federation at the General Assembly and Diocesan Conference in Funen Diocese on September 26, 2026.
As president of the Lutheran World Federation, Stubkjær attended Pope Francis' funeral in the Vatican on April 26, 2025.
In July 2024, Stubkjær visited Pope Francis together with the LWF's new leadership to discuss peace and the churches' joint work for Christian unity.
In March 2024, Stubkjær delivered the eulogy at Søren Pape Poulsen's funeral service.
Bishop Henrik Stubkjær shares his journey to the episcopate and his role as President of the Lutheran World Federation, drawing on experiences from travels across the globe.
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