List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses

Archbishop of Tallinn
Bishop of the Western Region (See located at Haapsalu)
Bishop of the Northern Region (See located at Tallinn)
Bishop of the Southern Region (See located at Tartu)
Bishop of the Extra-Estonian Diocese (diocese encompassing Estonian churches outside Estonia)

In Finland

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Archbishop of Turku
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 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^[2]

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

Note: Since 1801 the Church of Iceland has been united as a single diocese. Since that year, the Bishops of Skálholt and Hólar have been suffragans to the Bishop of Iceland. They retain their respective cathedras in the cathedral churches of Skálholt and Hólar.

In Latvia

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia

Archbishop of Riga
Bishop of Daugavpils
Bishop of Liepāja
Bishop of Riga (suffragan bishop, assisting the Archbishop of Riga)

In Lithuania

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania

Bishop of Lithuania

In Norway

Church of Norway

Presiding Bishop of Nidaros (not to be confused with the separate post of Bishop of Nidaros)
Bishop of Agder og Telemark
Bishop of Bjørgvin
Bishop of Borg
Bishop of Hamar
Bishop of Møre
Bishop of Nidaros (suffragan bishop - see above for the Presiding 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

In Sweden

Church of Sweden

Former Baltic bishoprics

Lutheran Bishops in other continents

In Asia

India

Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (India)

Bishop of Tranquebar

In North America

Bishopric of Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America
National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)

In Oceania

Lutheran Church of Australia [and New Zealand]

Bishops of the Districts corresponding to/grouping states/territories of Australia :
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia/Northern Territory
- Victoria/Tasmania
- Western Australia
Lutheran Church of New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Head Bishop and Assistant Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea

Notes

↑ The Bishops and their jurisdictions listed and illustrated at EELK website (in Estonian).
↑ 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).

List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses

Lutheran Archbishops and Bishops of the 'Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia' in Former Soviet republics (including Georgia)

In Russia

In Belarus

In Georgia

In Kazakhstan

In Kyrgyzstan

In Uzbekistan

In Ukraine

Lutheran Archbishops and Bishops in other European countries

In Denmark

On the Faroe Islands

In Estonia