St. Alban's Church | |
Location | Odense |
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Country | Denmark |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | www.sct-albani.dk |
History | |
Founded | 27 October 1867 |
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.
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.