Superintendent (ecclesiastical)

The Superintendent (Latin superintendens, literally " overseer " loan translation of Greek ἐπίσκοπος episkopos ) is an ecclesiastical office.

In some German Protestant churches in the Evangelical Church in Austria, in many Methodist churches and in the Independent Evangelical - Lutheran Church of the Superintendent of the presiding pastor of a church district, a superintendent or Diocese of (in Austria ) or a church district, so a merger of several parishes. The terms for comparable positions in other Protestant churches in Germany are usually denominated in circuit pastor, district rector, dean, provost or inspector. The superintendent inspect the church circles, while the full-time and part-time employees of the church circles. Their duties include the supervision of the pastors, pastors, and the representation of the church district in public. They also have to be pastor of pastors.

The overall management office is called in Germany with Bishop, Bishop, Church President or Superintendent.

In some Protestant churches and in the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church exists between a regional level, the senior minister is referred to as regional bishop, provost, prelate or General Superintendent. , Their impact often is called Sprengel. The duties of the presiding minister at the regional level include the classic episcopal ordination tasks and visitation of superintendents (if it is not reserved to the Bishop its parent ); added the authority over the church circles.

In the Roman Catholic Church, the Office has no direct equivalent, because it combines responsibilities of dean, regional dean and bishop. In fact, the superintendent is usually seen as a counterpart to the dean or regional dean in Germany, since they are a part of the diocese, which corresponds in its size to a church district, in charge. In Austria the office due to the extensive correspondence of the boundaries of the dioceses (which are also known there as " dioceses " ) compared with the boundaries of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the function of the diocesan bishop and seen the Super indene Dent about the same rank as a Roman Catholic bishop.

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Germany

Country churches with Superintendent as conducting official

Country churches with superintendents on Sprengel level

  • Sprengel of the Evangelical Church of Berlin- Brandenburg -Silesian Upper Lusatia, General Superintendent
  • Sprengel of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover, State Superintendent

Altkonfessionelle Lutheran Church with the Superintendent as conducting official

  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baden

Country churches with superintendents on church district level

  • Evangelical Church of Berlin -Brandenburg -Silesian Upper Lusatia
  • Evangelical Church in Central Germany
  • Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
  • Evangelical Church of Westphalia
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg ( called Superintendent )
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg -Lippe
  • Church of Lippe
  • Pomeranian Evangelical Church

Altkonfessionelle Lutheran Church with Superintendent

  • Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church

Methodist Free Churches with Superintendent

  • United Methodist Church
  • Church of the Nazarene

Churches, where there was formerly a conductive Superintendent Office

At the national church level
  • Evangelical Church of Anhalt
  • Evangelical Reformed Church ( Synod of Evangelical Reformed Churches in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany ), state superintendent ( 1989-2004 )
  • Evangelical Reformed Church in North-West Germany, state superintendent (1918-1989)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg, Superintendent and General Superintendent (1573-1853)
  • Pomeranian Evangelical Church; List of General Superintendents and Bishops of Pomerania
  • Lutheran Church of Saxony -Lauenburg; Superintendent (1564-1592, again 1703-1877) and General Superintendent (1592-1697)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Schleswig -Holstein, General Superintendent for each Schleswig and Holstein; List of General Superintendent for Holstein (1871-1925), List of General Superintendent of Schleswig (1864-1925)
On Sprengel level
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick; General Superintendent of the General Inspections (1922 were the last eight Generalsuperintendenturen who conducted some two general inspections, canceled. Took their place provosts of the new 15 deaneries. )
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover; General Superintendent of the General dioceses
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Schleswig -Holstein; Superintendents and state superintendent of the Ward Lauenburg
Generalsuperintendenturen old-Prussian ecclesiastical provinces
  • Church of the Old Prussian Union, one to four Generalsuperintendenturen each ecclesiastical province Landessynodalverband the Free City of Danzig (1920-1940); List of General Superintendent in Gdansk
  • Ecclesiastical Province of Brandenburg ( 1815-1945/48 ): Generalsuperintendenturen Berlin City and Berlin- country; General Superintendent for Berlin City and Berlin- country
  • Generalsuperintendentur Kurmark; General Superintendent of the Electorate
  • Generalsuperintendentur Neumark - Lower Lusatia; General Superintendent for the Neumark and Lower Lusatia
At the church district level
  • Evangelical Church of Silesian Upper Lusatia
  • Church of the Old Prussian Union

Austria

  • List of Protestant superintendent in Austria with references to the churches in question
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