List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses
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Archbishops
- Estonian Evangelical Lutheran ChurchEstonian Evangelical Lutheran ChurchThe Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Estonia. EELC is member of the Lutheran World Federation...
- Archbishop of TallinnAndres PõderAndres Põder is the current Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia. He was elected in November 2004 and took office in February 2005. The Archbishop's See is located at St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn.-References:...
- Archbishop of Tallinn
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of FinlandEvangelical Lutheran Church of FinlandThe Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is the national church of Finland. The church professes the Lutheran branch of Christianity, and is a member of the Porvoo Communion....
- Archdiocese of TurkuArchdiocese of TurkuThe Archdiocese of Turku, or the Archdiocese of Åbo is the seat of the Archbishop of Turku. It is a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The Archbishop has many administrative tasks relating to the National church, but he does not act as a supervisor for the other bishops, having...
- Archdiocese of Turku
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of LatviaEvangelical Lutheran Church of LatviaThe Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia is a Lutheran Protestant church in Latvia. Latvia's Lutheran heritage dates back to the Reformation. Both the Nazi and communist regimes persecuted the church harshly before religious freedom returned to Latvia in 1988.The Church is governed by a...
- Archbishop of RigaArchbishop of RigaThe Archbishopric of Riga was an archbishopric in Medieval Livonia, a subject to the Holy See. It was established in 1186 as the bishopric of Livonia at Üxküll, then after moving to Riga it became the bishopric of Riga in 1202 and was elevated to an archbishopric in 1255.- Archbishops of Riga :The...
- Archbishop of Riga
- Church of SwedenChurch of SwedenThe Church of Sweden is the largest Christian church in Sweden. The church professes the Lutheran faith and is a member of the Porvoo Communion. With 6,589,769 baptized members, it is the largest Lutheran church in the world, although combined, there are more Lutherans in the member churches of...
- Archbishop of UppsalaArchbishop of UppsalaThe Archbishop of Uppsala has been the primate in Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during the Catholic era, and from the 1530s and onward under the Lutheran church.- Historical overview :...
- Archbishop of Uppsala
Bishops
- Church of DenmarkChurch of DenmarkThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark, Church of Denmark or Danish National Church, is the state church and largest denomination in Denmark and Greenland...
- Bishop of Aalbord
- Bishop of Århus
- Bishop of Copenhagen
- Bishop of the Færöe Islands
- Bishop of Fyens
- Bishop of Greenland
- Bishop of Haderslev
- Bishop of Helsingør
- Bishop of Lolland Falster
- Bishop of Ribe
- Bishop of Roskilde
- Bishop of Viborg
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of FinlandEvangelical Lutheran Church of FinlandThe Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is the national church of Finland. The church professes the Lutheran branch of Christianity, and is a member of the Porvoo Communion....
- Bishop of Espoo
- Bishop of HelsinkiDiocese of HelsinkiThe Diocese of Helsinki is a Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and the seat of the Bishop of Helsinki. Its cathedral is Helsinki Cathedral....
- Bishop of Kuopio
- Bishop of Lapua
- Bishop of Mikkeli
- Bishop of Oulu
- Bishop of Porvoo
- Bishop of Tampere
- Evangelical Church in GermanyEvangelical Church in GermanyThe Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
(est. in 1945; an umbrella not comprising dioceses, but independent regional member churchesLandeskircheIn Germany and Switzerland, a Landeskirche is the church of a region. They originated as the national churches of the independent states, States of Germany or Cantons of Switzerland , that later unified to form modern Germany or modern Switzerland , respectively.-Origins in the Holy Roman...
of Lutheran, Reformed confession and some churches unitedUnited and uniting churchesUnited and uniting churches are churches formed from the merger or other form of union of two or more different Protestant denominations.Perhaps the oldest example of a united church is found in Germany, where the Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of Lutheran, United and Reformed...
in administration or in confession, with some Lutheran and united churches titling their chairpersons bishop)- Church president of Evangelical State Church of Anhalt (a church of united confession)
- State Bishop of Baden (a church of united confession)
- State Bishop in Bavaria (for the Lutheran church)
- Praeses of the Evangelical Reformed Church (a Reformed church comprising Reformed congregations mostly in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany; 1989– to date)
- Bishop the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg (a church united in administration; 1945–2003)
- Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (a church united in administration; 2004 –to date)
- Regional bishop of Silesian Upper Lusatia (2004–2011)
- President of the Bremian Evangelical Church (a church united in administration, mostly comprising Reformed congregations)
- State Bishop of Brunswick (for the Lutheran church)
- Land provost / state bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Eutin (a Lutheran church, 1921–1976)
- State bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Hamburg State (a Lutheran church)
- State Bishop of Hanover (for the Lutheran church; 1925– to date)
- Church president of Hesse and Nassau (a church united in administration; 1947– to date)
- Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Hesse Electorate and Waldeck (a church united in administration; 1934– to date)
- State superintendents of Lippe (a Reformed church but also comprising few Lutheran congregations)
- State bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Lübeck State (a Lutheran church; 1934–1976)
- State bishop of Mecklenburg (for the Lutheran church; 1921– to date)
- State Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Middle GermanyEvangelical Church in Central GermanyThe Evangelical Church in Central Germany is a United church body covering most of the German states of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia and some adjacent areas in Brandenburg and Saxony .- History :...
(a church united in administration; 2004 to date) - North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church (a Lutheran church, est. in 1977)
- Bishop of Hamburg (1977–2008)
- Bishop of Holstein-Lübeck (seat: Lübeck, 1977–2008)
- Bishop of Schleswig (1977–2008)
- Bishop of Hamburg-Lübeck (seat: Hamburg, 2008– to date)
- Bishop of Schleswig and Holstein (seat: Schleswig, 2008– to date)
- Evangelical-Reformed Church in Northwestern Germany (1882–1989, a Reformed regional church)
- Bishop of Oldenburg (for the Lutheran church; 1934– to date)
- Church president of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate (a church of united confession; 1886– to date)
- Bishop of PomeraniaPomeranian Evangelical ChurchThe Pomeranian Evangelical Church is a Protestant church body in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, serving the citizens living in Hither Pomerania. It combines Lutheran and Reformed traditions...
(a church united in administration; 1948–to date) - Praeses of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland (a church united in administration; 1948– to date)
- Bishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Saxony (a church united in administration; 1933–2004)
- State Bishop of Saxony (for the Lutheran church; 1921– to date)
- State Bishop of Schaumburg-Lippe (for the Lutheran church)
- Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Schleswig-Holstein (a Lutheran church; 1866–1976)
- Bishop of Holstein (seat: KielKielKiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
, 1925–1976) - Bishop of Schleswig (1925–1976)
- Bishop of Holstein (seat: Kiel
- Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Silesia(n Upper Lusatia) (a church united in administration; 1947–2003)
- State bishop of Thuringia (for the Lutheran church; 1920–2004)
- Leading bishops and chairpersons of the Council of the Evangelical Church of the Union (an umbrella of churches united in administration; 1951–2003)
- Praeses of the Evangelical Church of WestphaliaEvangelical Church of WestphaliaThe Evangelical Church of Westphalia is a Protestant church body in the German state of Northrhine-Westphalia. It's the most important Protestant denomination in Westphalia...
(a church united in administration; 1945– to date) - State bishop of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg (a Lutheran church; 1934– to date)
- Bishops of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (a Lutheran church in Germany, est. by merging several church bodies in 1972)
- National Church of Iceland
- Bishop of IcelandBishop of IcelandList of the Lutheran bishops of Iceland:* 1801-1823: Geir Vídalín* 1824-1845: Steingrímur Jónsson* 1846-1866: Helgi G. Thordersen* 1866-1889: Pétur Pétursson* 1889-1908: Hallgrímur Sveinsson* 1908-1916: Þórhallur Bjarnason* 1917-1939: Jón Helgason...
- List of Hólar bishops
- Bishop of Iceland
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of LatviaEvangelical Lutheran Church of LatviaThe Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia is a Lutheran Protestant church in Latvia. Latvia's Lutheran heritage dates back to the Reformation. Both the Nazi and communist regimes persecuted the church harshly before religious freedom returned to Latvia in 1988.The Church is governed by a...
- Bishop of Daugavpils
- Bishop of Liepāja
- Bishop Suffragan of Riga (see 'Archbishops', above, for the Ordinary)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of LithuaniaEvangelical Lutheran Church of LithuaniaThe Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania is a Lutheran church body comprising congregations in Lithuania. The ELCL is a member of the Porvoo Communion and the Lutheran World Federation....
- Bishop of LithuaniaEvangelical Lutheran Church of LithuaniaThe Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania is a Lutheran church body comprising congregations in Lithuania. The ELCL is a member of the Porvoo Communion and the Lutheran World Federation....
- Bishop of Lithuania
- Church of NorwayChurch of NorwayThe Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, established after the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537 broke the ties to the Holy See. The church confesses the Lutheran Christian faith...
- Bishop of Agder og TelemarkDiocese of Agder og TelemarkThe Diocese of Agder og Telemark Agder og Telemark bispedømme) is a diocese of the Church of Norway, covering the counties of Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder in Norway...
- Bishop of BjørgvinDiocese of BjørgvinBjørgvin Diocese is a diocese in the Church of Norway. It covers churches located in the counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane. The cathedral city is Bergen. Bergen Cathedral, formerly the Church of Saint Olaf, serves as the seat of the presiding Bishop...
- Bishop of BorgDiocese of BorgBorg is a diocese in the Church of Norway. The diocese includes parishes in the counties of Østfold and Akershus, excluding Asker and Bærum . It was created in 1969 by separation from the Diocese of Oslo. The cathedral city is Fredrikstad....
- Bishop of HamarDiocese of HamarHamar is a present Lutheran diocese, named after its episcopal see, the Norwegian city of Hamar.There are 164 parishes in the diocese.-Lutheran diocese:...
- Bishop of MøreDiocese of MøreThe Diocese of Møre is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its bishop and cathedral are located in the county administrative center of Molde...
- Bishop of NidarosDiocese of NidarosNidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into 12 deaneries . Finn Wagle was the bishop from 1991 to 2008...
(formerly Archbishop) - Bishop of Nord-HålogalandDiocese of Nord-HålogalandNord-Hålogaland is a diocese in the Church of Norway. It covers Lutheran churches in the counties of Troms, Finnmark and Svalbard. The cathedral city is Tromsø, and the bishop since 2002 is Per Oskar Kjølaas...
- Bishop of OsloDiocese of OsloOslo bishopric is The Church of Norway's bishopric for the municipalities of Oslo, Asker and Bærum. It is one of Norway's five traditional bishoprics and was founded around the year 1070.-History:...
- Bishop of TunsbergDiocese of TunsbergTunsberg is a diocese of the Church of Norway. It includes parishes located within the counties of Vestfold and Buskerud, with the cathedral city located in Tønsberg.-History:...
- Bishop of Sør-HålogalandDiocese of Sør-HålogalandSør-Hålogaland is a diocese in the Church of Norway. The Diocese covers the Lutheran Church of Norway churches located within Nordland county in Norway...
- Bishop of StavangerDiocese of StavangerStavanger is a diocese in the Church of Norway. It covers Rogaland. The cathedral city is Stavanger, and the bishop since 2009 is Erling Johan Pettersen.-History:...
- Bishop of Agder og Telemark
- Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland
- Bishop of Cieszyn
- Bishop of Katowice
- Bishop of Masuria
- Bishop of Pomerania-Greater Poland
- Bishop of Warsaw
- Bishop of Wrocław (Lutheran)
- Church of SwedenChurch of SwedenThe Church of Sweden is the largest Christian church in Sweden. The church professes the Lutheran faith and is a member of the Porvoo Communion. With 6,589,769 baptized members, it is the largest Lutheran church in the world, although combined, there are more Lutherans in the member churches of...
- Bishop of Gothenburg
- Bishop of Härnösand
- Bishop of Karlstad
- Bishop of LinköpingBishop of Linköping-Before the reformation:* Herbert?* Rikard?* 1139-1160s Gisle* 1170-1171 Stenar* 1187-1195/96 Kol* Johannes* 1216-1220 Karl Magnusson* 1220-1236 Bengt Magnusson* 1236-1258 Lars* 1258-1283 Henrik* 1258-1286 Bo...
- Bishop of Luleå
- Bishop of Lund
- Bishop of Skara
- Bishop of Stockholm
- Bishop of SträngnäsDiocese of SträngnäsThe Diocese of Strängnäs is a part of the Church of Sweden and has its seat in Strängnäs Cathedral in Strängnäs, south of Lake Mälaren. The diocese is made up of the two provinces Närke and Södermanland .The diocese was first a suffragan of the Diocese of Lund, which in 1104 was elevated to...
- Bishop of Visby
- Bishop of VästeråsDiocese of VästeråsAttribution The entry cites:**Historiskt-geographiskt och statistiskt Lexikon ofver Sverige, VII , 316-18;**FANT, Scriptores rerum Svecicarum ;...
- Bishop of Växjö
See also
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- PatriarchPatriarchOriginally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...
- List of current patriarchs
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- List of Roman Catholic dioceses
- List of Anglican dioceses and archdioceses
- List of Orthodox dioceses and archdioceses
- List of bishops of the United Methodist Church
- Districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri SynodDistricts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri SynodThe Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is organized into 35 districts, 33 of which are defined along geographic lines. Each district has a president who oversees the congregations in his district, which are further subdivided into local circuits...