Mette Bock has taken off the priest's robe. Now she is going back to the school bench.

Mette Bock has hung up her priest's robes. Now she's heading back to school.

It's not the first time the political figure from Liberal Alliance has changed course.

Since February 2022, she has been a priest for the parishes of Østbirk-Yding and Hansted-Lundum. (Photo: © Søren Vendelbo, Ritzau Scanpix) 39 minutes ago.

Former Minister for Culture and Church Affairs Mette Bock (LA) has spent the last four years wearing a priest's robe and working in the Horsens Provostry. But that is now over for the 69-year-old priest.

"I've taken off the robe," she says on the P1 program *Svingdøren*.

The job change is not due to a falling out with God – quite the opposite. She is returning to theological studies to write a PhD on the role of bishops in society today.

"I stopped in August because I want to study again, so I'm throwing myself into the books."

In Mette Bock's view, it is not easy being a bishop today. On one hand, there are expectations that the ten bishops in Denmark should engage in public debate. On the other hand, they are called out every time they open their mouths and air their opinions, Bock believes.

"So that's something I'll be delving into over the coming years."

Time will tell if she manages to complete the PhD, she says.

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Previous career change

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Mette Bock has been a priest for the parishes of Østbirk-Yding and Hansted-Lundum since February 2022.

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Biography

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* Mette Bock was a member of the Danish Parliament from 2011 to 2019 for Liberal Alliance and was a minister in the VLAK government from 2016.

* She has also been a program director at DR.

* She has already spent a fair amount of time on the school bench, and besides theology and pastoral seminary, she holds a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Southern Denmark and a master's degree in political science from Aarhus University.

She is holding on to her board positions and commentator jobs while writing her PhD.

This is not the first time Mette Bock has changed direction. At age 64, she was ordained as a priest. Before that, she has, among other things, been a minister and program director at DR.

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