Protestant Lutheran Church in Bavaria
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Protestant Lutheran Church in Bavaria is a Protestant church in the German state of Bavaria. The seat of the church is in Munich.
It is a full member of the Evangelical Church in Germany EKD, and is a Lutheran Church. The leading bishop of the church is Johannes Friedrich (2006).
The Protestant Lutheran Church in Bavaria is one of 23 Lutheran, united and reformed churches of the EKD. The church has 2,651,717 members (December 2005) in 1,531 parishes.
The Protestant Lutheran Church in Bavaria is a member church of the VELKD and of the Lutheran World Federation. In Tutzing the church has its own evangelical academy.
The Ordination of women has been allowed.
[edit] Leading persons and bishops in history
- 1883 - 1897: Adolf von Stählin, president
- 1897 - 1909: Alexander von Schneider, president
- 1909 - 1917: Hermann von Bezzel, president
- 1917 - 1933: Friedrich Veit, president
- 1933 - 1955: Dr. Hans Meiser, bishop
- 1955 - 1975: Dr. Hermann Dietzfelbinger, bishop
- 1975 - 1994: Dr. Johannes Hanselmann, bishop
- 1994 - 1999: Dr. Hermann von Loewenich, bishop
- 1999 - today: Dr. Johannes Friedrich, bishop
[edit] Synod
The election of the synod is for six years.
[edit] External links
- http://www.bayern-evangelisch.de/
- http://www.ekd.de (Evangelical Church in Germany)
