St. Alban's Church, Odense

St. Alban's Church


Location Odense
Country Denmark
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website www.sct-albani.dk
History
Founded 27 October 1867 (1867-10-27)
Dedication Our Lady, Saint Alban, Saint Canute
Consecrated 25 October 1908
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Specifications
Spire height 54 m (177 ft)
Administration
Diocese Copenhagen

St. Alban's Church (Danish: Sankt Albani Kirke) is the Roman Catholic parish church of Odense, Denmark. It should not be confused with the medieval church of St. Alban's Priory where King Canute IV was murdered in 1086, and which was later replaced with St. Canute's Cathedral.

History

Odense's first Catholic congregation since the Protestant reformation was established in 1867, and three years later the first church, St. Mary's, was consecrated in a timber building on the site where once stood the palace of the Catholic Bishop of Odense.

In 1899 the first Redemptorists arrived from Austria and started collecting funds for the building of a permanent church. This was accomplished and the present church was consecrated on 25 October 1908.

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