List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses

This is a List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses in Europe and in the former Soviet Union.

Archbishops

• Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Archbishop of Tallinn
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
  • Archbishop of Turku
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
  • Archbishop of Riga
• Church of Sweden
  • Archbishop of Uppsala
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia
  • Lutheran Archbishop of St. Petersburg
• Church of Norway
  • Presiding Bishop of Nidaros (not to be confused with the separate post of Bishop of Nidaros)

Bishops

In Belarus

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia

• Bishop of Union of Evangelical-Lutheran Church Congregations in Belorussia

In Denmark

Church of Denmark

• Bishop of Aalborg
• Bishop of Århus
• Bishop of Copenhagen
• Bishop of Fyens
• Bishop of Greenland
• Bishop of Haderslev
• Bishop of Helsingør
• Bishop of Lolland-Falster
• Bishop of Ribe
• Bishop of Roskilde
• Bishop of Schleswig; 1852–1864
• Bishop of Viborg

On the Faroe Islands

Church of the Faroe Islands

• Bishop of the Faroe Islands

In Finland

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

• Bishop of Espoo
• Bishop of Helsinki
• Bishop of Kuopio
• Bishop of Lapua
• Bishop of Mikkeli
• Bishop of Oulu
• Bishop of Porvoo
• Bishop of Tampere
• Bishop of Turku (suffragan bishop - see 'Archbishops', above, for the Ordinary)

In Georgia

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia

• Bishop of Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Georgia

In Germany

Lutheran bishops, bishops of churches uniting also Lutheran and other Protestant congregations and bishops of other Protestant churches within the Evangelical Church in Germany

• Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD, est. in 1945; an umbrella not comprising dioceses, but independent regional member churches of Lutheran, Reformed confession and some churches united in administration or in confession, with all Lutheran and some united churches titling their chairpersons bishop)
  • United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD, est. in 1948; all member churches are also members of the all-Protestant umbrella EKD)
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
      • State Bishop in Bavaria; 1933 to date, seat: Munich
    • Evangelical Lutheran State Church in Brunswick
      • State bishop in Brunswick; seat: Brunswick
    • Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Eutin ; 1921–1976, merged in the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church
      • State bishop of Eutin; 1961–1976, seat: Eutin
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Hamburg State ; 1529–1976, merged in the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church
      • State bishop of Hamburg; 1933–1976
    • Evangelical-Lutheran State Church of Hanover
      • State Bishop of Hanover; 1925– to date, seat: Hanover
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Lübeck State ; merged in the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1976
      • State bishop of Lübeck; 1934–1976
    • Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg; 1933–2012, merged in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
      • State bishop of Mecklenburg; 1933–2012, seat: Schwerin
    • Evangelical Church in Middle Germany; est. 2009, a church united in administration, but member of the VELKD
      • State bishop of the Evangelical Church in Middle Germany; 2009 to date, seat:
    • North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church; 1977–2012, merged in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany, at first three, later two bishop ambits
      • Bishop of Hamburg, 1977–2008
      • Bishop of Holstein-Lübeck; 1977–2008, seat: Lübeck
      • Bishop of Schleswig; 1977–2008
      • Bishop of Hamburg and Lübeck, 2008–2012, seat: Hamburg
      • Bishop of Schleswig and Holstein; 2008–2012, seat: Schleswig
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany; est. 2012
      • State bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany; 2013 to date, seat: Schwerin
        • Bishop of Hamburg and Lübeck; 2012 to date, seat: Hamburg
        • Bishops of Mecklenburg and Pomerania; 2012 to date, double staff seat: Greifswald and Schwerin
        • Bishop of Schleswig and Holstein; 2012 to date, seat: Schleswig
    • Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Saxony
      • State bishop of Saxony; 1922 to date, seat: Meissen
    • Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Schaumburg-Lippe
      • State bishop of Schaumburg-Lippe; 1949 to date, seat: Bückeburg
    • Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Schleswig-Holstein; 1866–1976; merged in the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church
      • Bishop of Holstein; 1866–1871, and again 1925–1976, seat: Kiel
      • Bishop of Schleswig; 1925–1976
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia; 1920–2008; merged in the Evangelical Church in Middle Germany
      • State bishop of Thuringia; 1933–2008, seat: Eisenach
  • Lutheran bishops in ambits within the EKD, but not in the VELKD
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg; a Lutheran church, member of the EKD, but not of the VELKD
      • Bishop of Oldenburg; 1934– to date, seat: Oldenburg in Oldenburg
    • Evangelical State Church in Württemberg; a Lutheran church, member of the EKD, but not of the VELKD
      • State bishop of Württemberg; 1934 to date, seat: Stuttgart
  • Bishops in non-Lutheran or not exclusively Lutheran churches within the EKD (see above), thus churches united in administration or in confession, with their chairpersons titled bishop)
    • Evangelical State Church in Baden; a church of united confession
      • State Bishop of Baden; 1933 to date, seat: Karlsruhe
    • Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg; 1948–2003, a church united in administration, merged in the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
      • Bishop of Berlin-Brandenburg; 1948–1967, and again 1991–2003, seat: Berlin; 1967–1991, one bishop each seated in East Berlin and West Berlin
    • Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia; est. 2004, a church united in administration
      • Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia; 2004 to date, seat: Berlin
        • Regional bishop of Silesian Upper Lusatia; 2004–2011, seat: Görlitz
    • Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck; est. 1934, a church united in administration
      • Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Hesse Electorate and Waldeck; 1934 to date, seat: Cassel
    • Pomeranian Evangelical Church; 1950–2012, a church united in administration, merged in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
      • Bishop of Pomerania; seat: Greifswald
    • Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony; 1948–2008, a church united in administration, merged in the Evangelical Church in Middle Germany
      • Bishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Saxony; seat: Magdeburg
    • Evangelical Church of Silesia(n Upper Lusatia); 1947–2003, a church united in administration, merged in the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
      • Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Silesia(n Upper Lusatia); 1947–2003, seat: Görlitz
    • Evangelical Church of the Union; 1953–2003, an umbrella of churches united in administration which were simultaneously members of the EKD, new name of the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union
      • Leading bishop and chairperson of the Council of the Evangelical Church of the Union
  • Eight more member churches of the EKD have no episcopal polity, not even in titling^[1]

Evangelical Church of the Görlitz Ecclesiastical Region

• between 1968 and 1992 the name of the Evangelical Church of Silesia(n Upper Lusatia), then no member of the EKD but the Federation of Protestant churches in the GDR

Evangelical Church in Greifswald

• between 1968 and 1991 the name of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church, then no member of the EKD but the Federation of Protestant churches in the GDR

Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church; est. by merging several church bodies in 1972, a Lutheran church in Germany but no member of the EKD

• Bishop of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church; 1972 to date, seat: Hanover

Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 1850–1933, merged in the Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg

• State bishop of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 1921–1933, seat: Schwerin

Mecklenburg-Strelitz State Church; 1850?–1933, a Lutheran church, merged in the Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg

• State bishop of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; 1921–1933, seat: Neustrelitz

Evangelical State Church in Nassau ; 1817–1934/1947, a church of united confession, merged in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau

• State bishop of Nassau; 1827–1882, and again 1922–1934, seat: Wiesbaden

Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union; 1817–1953, a church united in administration, renamed as the Evangelical Church of the Union

• State bishop of the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union; 1933–1935, seat: Berlin
  • Provincial bishop of Berlin; 1933–1934
  • Provincial bishop of Brandenburg; 1933 September–November
  • Provincial bishop of East Prussia; 1933–1936, seat: Königsberg in Prussia
  • Provincial bishop of Pomerania; 1933–1935, seat: Cammin in Pomerania
  • Provincial bishop of Silesia; 1935–1945, seat: Breslau
  • Provincial bishop of Saxony; 1933–1936, seat: Magdeburg

In Iceland

National Church of Iceland

• Bishop of Iceland
• List of Hólar bishops

In India

Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (India)

• Bishop of Tranquebar

In Kazakhstan

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia

• Bishop of Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Kazakhstan

In Kyrgyzstan

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia

• Bishop of Evangelical-Lutheran Church in the Kyrgyz Republic

In Latvia

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia

• Bishop of Daugavpils
• Bishop of Liepāja
• Bishop of Riga (suffragan bishop - see 'Archbishops', above, for the Ordinary)

In Lithuania

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania

• Bishop of Lithuania

In Norway

Church of Norway

• Bishop of Agder og Telemark
• Bishop of Bjørgvin
• Bishop of Borg
• Bishop of Hamar
• Bishop of Møre
• Bishop of Nidaros (suffragan bishop - see 'Archbishops', above, for the Ordinary)
• Bishop of Nord-Hålogaland
• Bishop of Oslo
• Bishop of Tunsberg
• Bishop of Sør-Hålogaland
• Bishop of Stavanger

In Poland

Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland

• Bishop of Cieszyn
• Bishop of Katowice
• Bishop of Masuria
• Bishop of Pomerania-Greater Poland
• Bishop of Warsaw (Lutheran)
• Bishop of Wrocław (Lutheran)

In Russia

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia

• Bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in European Russia
• Bishop of Evangelical-Lutheran Church of the Urals, Siberia and the Far East

In Sweden

Church of Sweden

• Bishop of Gothenburg
• Bishop of Härnösand
• Bishop of Karlstad
• Bishop of Linköping
• Bishop of Luleå
• Bishop of Lund
• Bishop of Skara
• Bishop of Stockholm
• Bishop of Strängnäs
• Bishop of Visby
• Bishop of Västerås
• Bishop of Växjö

In Ukraine

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia

• Bishop of German Evangelical-Lutheran Church in the Ukraine

In Uzbekistan

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia

• Bishop of Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Uzbekistan

Others

• Bishopric of Samland
• Bishopric of Pomesania
• Bishopric of Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America

Notes

1. ↑ These are the member churches of Anhalt (a church of united confession), of Bremen (a church united in administration, mostly comprising Reformed congregations), the Evangelical Reformed Church (a Reformed church comprising Reformed congregations mostly in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany; 1989– to date), of Hesse and Nassau (a church united in administration; 1947– to date), of Lippe (a Reformed church but also comprising few Lutheran congregations), of Northwestern Germany (a Reformed regional church; 1882–1989; merged in the Evangelical Reformed Church), of the Palatinate (a church of united confession; 1886– to date), of the Rhineland (a church united in administration; 1948– to date) and of Westphalia (a church united in administration; 1945– to date).

See also

• Primate
• Patriarch
• List of current patriarchs
• List of Roman Catholic archdioceses
• 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 Synod
• List of Reformed bishops
• List of Unitarian bishops