Evangelical Lutheran General Consistory

The Evangelical Lutheran General Consistory was the supreme institution for the Evangelical Lutheran Christians in the Russian Empire . It was established by the law for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia of December 28, 1832 as a supervisory authority with its seat in Saint Petersburg .

Surname

Russian.
German: General Consistory, General Consistory, Reich General Consistory

history

Around 1903 the Rigas Reformed Congregation asked the General Consistory to allow the Reformed clerical member of the Livonian consistory, Alfred Geist , to attend its meetings. The request was forwarded to the Ministry of the Interior. Only in February 1906 was the corresponding permission given, so that at the beginning of March 1906 Geist was able to take part in such a meeting for the first time.

Consistorial districts

At first there were six consistories in the Baltic provinces in addition to the Moscow and Petersburg consistory. The number of the latter was later reduced to three consistories.

In 1914 the following consistorial districts existed:

St. Petersburg Consistorial District
Moscow Consistorial District
Courland Consistorial District
Livonian consistorial district
Estonian Consistorial District
Warsaw Consistorial District

The Evangelical Lutheran colonial congregations in Grusia existed outside of these districts.

management

There was the office of a secular president, a spiritual vice-president, two secular and two spiritual members. President and Vice President were appointed by the Kaiser. The secular members were presented by the knighthoods and city magistrates, the clerical by the consistories.

In 1914 the central staff was made up as follows:

Job	occupation
president	Baron Uexküll von Gyldenband, Julius, State Secretary, Act. Privy councilor
Vice President	Bishop Konrad Raimund Freifeldt (1847-1923)
Secular members	1) Baron Mirbach, Robert, Real Council of State 2) von Reutern, Gerhard, Real Council of State
Spiritual members	1) Kentmann, Wilhelm, Ober-Konsistorialrat, Pastor at St. Petri in St. Petersburg 2) Vacant
Procureur	von Heptner, Julius, Real Council of State
secretary	Versmann, Emil, councilor
Secretary's assistant	Vacant.
controller	Behr, Nikolai, Real State Councilor
Inspector assistant	Spohr, Eugen, Councilor
Executor, cashier and archivist	Heinlz, Alfred, Councilor of State
Translator	Alphtan, Alexei, Act. State Council

President

1819–1821 Carl Christoph von Lieven (1767–1844)
1833–1845 Count Paul von Tiesenhausen
1845–1879 Baron Georg Otto Wilhelm von Meyendorff (1794–1879)
1888–1891 Fyodor Karlowitsch von Giers (1824–1891)
1891–1896 Baron Alexander Abraham Carl Freiherr von Üxküll-Gyllenband (1840–1912)
1897–1913 Emilij Wasilewitsch Scholz
1914–1917 Baron Julius Uexküll von Gyldenband (1853–1918)