Thomas Skat Rørdam
Thomas Skat Rørdam | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Zealand | |
| Church | Church of Denmark |
| Diocese | Diocese of Zealand |
| In office | 1895–1909 |
| Predecessor | Bruun Juul Fog |
| Successor | Peder Madsen |
| Previous post(s) | Provost of Holmen Church (1880–1886) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1832 Låstrup, Denmark |
| Died | 25 September 1909 (aged 77) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Buried | Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen |
Thomas Skat Rørdam (1832–1909) was a Danish priest and theologian who was Bishop of the Diocese of Zealand from 1895 until his death. In the course of his ecclesiastical career, Rørdam served as a local priest in small parishes on Zealand, a parish priest at the Church of the Holy Ghost in Copenhagen, and as provost at Holmen Church before being instated as Bishop of Zealand. He was a decorated member of the Order of the Danneborg.
Rørdam came from a long line of priests and he studied Theology briefly under his father. He later studied at the University of Copenhagen where he became interested in semitic languages. As a theological scholar of the Syriac language, he published translations of a variety of Christian texts in Danish.