Peder Winstrup
The Right Reverend Peder Winstrup | |
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| Bishop of Lund | |
Bishop Peder Winstrup on a contemporary engraving printed in one of his own theological works in 1666 | |
| Church | Church of Denmark and Church of Sweden |
| Diocese | Lund |
| Appointed | 1638 |
| Installed | 1638 |
| Term ended | 28 December 1679 |
| Predecessor | Mads Jensen Medelfar |
| Successor | Canutus Hahn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peder Pedersen Winstrup April 30, 1605 |
| Died | December 28, 1679 (aged 74) |
| Buried | Lund Cathedral |
| Parents | Peder Jensen Vinstrup |
Peder Pedersen Winstrup (30 April 1605 – 28 December 1679) was Bishop of Lund in Scania. Winstrup was bishop there during a period spanning both Danish and Swedish sovereignty and periods of war when the land was contested. He was married to the Danish noblewoman, Dorothea von Andersen who was an influential person in her own right in Scania and known to be strongly pro-Danish.