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Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
of
Schaumburg-Lippe
is a
Lutheran
member
church
of the
Evangelical Church in Germany
. It covers the former
principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
and seated in
Bückeburg
.
The church
has 50,174 members and is one of the
smallest
regional
Protestant churches
in
Germany
. The church is one of the members of the
United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany
and of the
Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony
. The
ordination of women
has been allowed.
Bishops
1949–1966:
Wilhelm Henke
1966–1979:
Johann Gottfried Maltusch
1979–1991:
Joachim Heubach
1991–2001:
Heinrich Herrmanns
2001–2009:
Jürgen Johannesdotter
2009–:
Karl-Hinrich Manzke