Regional bishop
The regional bishop (or the regional bishop ) is a spiritual dignitary who is in charge of the spiritual and administrative management of a region of his church and who performs the episcopal tasks on site that belong to the bishop in charge of the church. The Regional Bishop and the Regional Bishop wear in the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Evangelical United church one of the following service names: Superintendent or state superintendent, general superintendent or general superintendent, Provost or Provost, prelate or Prälatin, Oberkirchenrat or church official. The sphere of activity of the regional bishop and the regional bishop is congruent with a part of the sphere of activity of the bishop in charge of the church and bears one of the following names: church district , district , prelature or provost.
In the Roman Catholic Church , the regional bishop is called auxiliary bishop or episcopal vicar . He is the chief clergyman of a region in the diocese . In the Church of England the suffragan bishop is addressed by the term area bishop . In most evangelical reformed churches the office of bishop is not known; In the Reformed Church in Hungary , however, there is a bishop in each of the four parishes, one of whom is the leading bishop of the entire church.
Regional churches of the Evangelical Church in Germany
Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church Hanover
In Hanover, the regional bishops had held the title of state superintendent since 1936 . According to the church constitution of December 12, 2019, the title of regional bishop has been used since January 2020. The regional bishops form the council of bishops , chaired by the regional bishop . Currently (2013) there are six districts in the area of the regional church ( Hanover , Hildesheim-Göttingen , Lüneburg , Stade , Osnabrück and Ostfriesland-Ems ).
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
A senior church councilor in the parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria has the official title of regional bishop within his parish. He is a member of the regional church council, one of the four church governing bodies alongside the regional synod, the regional synodal committee and the regional bishop .
The regional bishop represents the church district in public. He is an important discussion partner for pastors and deans as well as contact person for the parishes in his church district. He maintains contact with representatives of other churches, denominations and religions, with state institutions, parties, associations and the media. Its main tasks include ordinations of young pastors, staffing, church services and parish visits on the occasion of anniversaries and initiations. The precise tasks are laid down in Art. 64 of the church constitution. In the church district of Nuremberg , the office of regional bishop and regional bishop has been exercised by a married couple since March 1, 2006.
Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
In the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia , a general superintendent can bear the official title of regional bishop under Article 90.3 of the EKBO's constitution. At the request of the electoral convention of the respective district, the church leadership can decide that the corresponding general superintendent should hold the title of regional bishop. This happened for the first time with the election of the general superintendent von Görlitz in April 2004.
Evangelical Church in Central Germany
In the Evangelical Church in Central Germany , the heads of the provosts are called regional bishops. Since 2012 there are 5 provosts, each with a regional bishop: Stendal-Magdeburg (seat in Stendal), Halle-Wittenberg (seat in Halle), Eisenach-Erfurt (seat in Eisenach), Gera-Weimar (seat in Gera) and Meiningen-Suhl (Based in Meiningen). The senior of the Reformed Church District within the Evangelical Church in Central Germany is equal to the regional bishops.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
In addition to a regional bishop, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany has at least three "Bishops in the Sprengel" for the three Sprengel Hamburg and Lübeck, Mecklenburg and Pomerania as well as Schleswig and Holstein (currently one each for Mecklenburg and Pomerania). In contrast to regional bishops of other regional churches, these bishops are of the entire regional church and thus also take on tasks for the entire regional church that go beyond those of a pure regional bishop. All bishops of the Northern Church are full members of the Bishops' Conference of the VELKD.
Evangelical Church in Württemberg
The prelates of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg are also dubbed regional bishops.
Roman Catholic Church
General
According to canon law, the diocesan bishop is obliged to appoint an auxiliary bishop as episcopal vicar . In many dioceses (e.g. Archdiocese of Munich-Freising ), pastoral care is assigned to him over a region of a diocese.
Diocese of Münster
In the Roman Catholic Church, auxiliary bishops are installed as regional bishops in the diocese of Münster . The diocese is divided into the following regions: Oldenburg , Borken / Steinfurt , Münster / Warendorf / Coesfeld and Recklinghausen / Niederrhein .
Anglican Community
Anglican Church of Australia
Melbourne Diocese
The diocese is divided into three regions (Southern, Eastern and North-West), each of which is headed by an assistant bishop .
Anglican Church of Canada
Diocese of Toronto
The diocese is divided into four regions (York-Scarborough, York-Simcoe, York-Credit Valley and Trent-Durham), each of which is headed by an "area bishop".
Church of England
Diocese of London
In the Church of England the diocese of London is divided into five regions, of which the central region is looked after by the diocesan bishop and the regions of Edmonton, Kensington, Stepney and Willesden by suffragan bishops called area bishop .
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- ^ Klostermeier becomes regional bishop. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
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- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.kirchenrecht-ekbo.de/showdocument/id/361#10000143
- ↑ http://www.elk-wue.de/index.php?id=21337 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate Münster, Department of Media and Public Relations: Auxiliary Bishops - Diocese of Münster. Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.london.anglican.org/People_
