Henning Toft Bro
Henning Toft Bro is a Danish prelate who served as the Bishop of Aalborg, Denmark from 2010 until 2021.
Education
After graduation, Toft Bro went to the sea where he worked as a fisherman. Afterwards he was a port worker at the harbor in Thyborøn. A year and a half later he went to Nørre Nissum to study at the Nørre Nissum Seminarium and HF. After he went to Aarhus University to study theology. Here he became a graduate of cand.theol in the spring of 1985.Priesthood
His first position as parish priest started on 1 September 1985 when he was assigned to Hjerm Sogn parish in Struer. Twenty years later, Toft was appointed as a priest in Nykøbing Mors Sogn in 1997. He remained in this post until spring 2010. In 2004 he became Knight of Dannebrog.During the 2010 election for a new Bishop of Aalborg, Toft Bro went through a two-stage election where his last rival was Marianne Christiansen. Toft Bro received 970 votes out of the 1,796 votes counted. On 9 May 2010 Toft Bro was given the position as the 58th Bishop of Aalborg in Aalborg Cathedral.