Peder Hansen (bishop)
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Right Reverend Doctor Peder Hansen |
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| Bishop | |
| Church |
Church of Norway Church of Denmark |
| Diocese | Christianssand and Funen |
| Appointed | 1798 |
| In office | 1798-1810 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 May 1746 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 26 October 1810 (aged 64) Odense, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Denomination | Christian |
| Occupation | Priest |
| Education | D.Theol. (1793) |
| Alma mater | University of Halle |
Peder Hansen (8 May 1746 – 26 October 1810) was a Danish theologian and priest. He served as a Bishop in both Norway and in Denmark from 1798 until his death in 1810. Hansen is the elder brother to Christian Frederik Hansen, the famous Danish architect.
Peder Hansen was born on 8 May 1746 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of shoemaker Matthias Hansen (c.1708–1789) and his wife Anna Marie Malling (1716–1766). He was married three times. He married Marie Hedevig Runchel in 1771, but she died just four years later. In 1777, he married Abeline Marie Clausen, but she passed away about ten years later. His third marriage, in 1798, was to Juliane Marie Rasch, and she out-lived him by nearly 25 years. Peder Hansen was a brother of architect Christian Frederik Hansen. He died in October 1810 in Odense, Denmark.
He graduated with a diploma from the school in Copenhagen in 1768 and then received a royal scholarship to study abroad. He studied theology for two years at the University of Halle in Halle in Prussia and then spent a year at the University of Jena in Jena in Thuringia. In 1771, Hansen was hired as the assistant chaplain in Helsingør where he served the local castle, Kronborg and the local prison. In this role, he was able to preach to the imprisoned Queen Caroline Mathilde who was held in the castle prior to her divorce from the King.
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