List of Lutheran clergy

This is a listing of the major offices within the Lutheran churches, as well as significant individual Lutheran clergy.

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Lists of Lutheran bishops and archbishops

Presidents of the Lutheran World Federation
Leading persons and bishops, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
Presidents, Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS)
Land provosts and state bishop, Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Eutin (1921–1976)
List of Lutheran bishops of Hamar
Bishops of Hamburg, North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church (1977–2008)
Bishops of Hamburg-Lübeck, North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church (seat: Hamburg, 2008– to date)
State bishops, Evangelical-Lutheran State Church of Hanover
Bishops of Helsinki
Lutheran bishops of Hólar
Bishops of Holstein-Lübeck, North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church (seat: Lübeck, 1977–2008)
Bishops of Iceland
List of bishops of Lund (Earlier names on the list are Catholic)
Presidents & Bishops, Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore
Leading persons and bishops, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
Bishops of Schleswig, Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Schleswig-Holstein (1925–1976), North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church (1977–2008)
Bishops of Schleswig and Holstein, North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church (seat: Schleswig, 2008– to date)
Bishops, Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELK)
Lutheran bishops of Skálholt
Lutheran Bishops of Turku and Archbishops of Turku and Finland
Lutheran Archbishops of Uppsala
Presidents, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Leading persons and state bishops, Evangelical State Church in Württemberg

Additional Lutheran leaders

Johan Arnd Aasgaard (1876-1966) - President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Erland Carlsson (1822-1893) - One of the founders and President of the Augustana Synod^[1]
Gottlieb Bender Christiansen (1851-1929) - Founding President of the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church^[2]
Claus Lauritz Clausen (1820-1892) - President of the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America^[3]
Elling Eielsen (1804-1883) - Founder of The Eielsen Synod (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
Lars Paul Esbjörn (1808-1870) - One of the founders of the Augustana Synod and Augustana College
Johann Fischer (1636-1705) - German theologian and Superintendent of Livonia
Tuve Hasselquist (1816-1891) - Founding President of the Augustana Synod
Ulrik Vilhelm Koren (1826-1910) - President of the Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Christoph Kähler - Presiding bishop of the Protestant Lutheran Church in Thuringia. de:Christoph Kähler
Margot Käßmann (b. 1958) - Bishop for the Protestant Lutheran Church of Hanover.
Jaan Kiivit, Jr (1940-2005) Former archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia.
Johan Kõpp (1874-1970)- Estonian Lutheran bishop who fled to Sweden after the Soviet takeover.et:Johan Kõpp
Frederick Muhlenberg (1750 - 1801) - Clergy, first Speaker of US House
Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg (1711 - 1786) - Founder of the Lutheran church in America.
Peter Muhlenberg (1746 - 1807) - Clergy, Revolutionary War soldier, US House, US Senate
Ishmael Noko (b. 1943)- General secretary of the Lutheran World Federation.
Eric Norelius (1833-1916)- One of the founders and President of the Augustana Synod
Kuno Pajula (1924-2012) - Former archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia.
Andres Põder (b. 1949) - The current archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia.
Hans Gerhard Stub (1849-1931) - First bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (United States)
Jonas Swensson (1828-1873) - Former president of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church.

List of clergy

Academics

Thomas R. Ahlersmeyer (b. 1954) - President of Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan^[4]
Kristian Anker (1848-1928) - President of the combined Trinity Seminary and Dana College^[5]
Anton Marius Andersen (1847-1941) - Founding President of Trinity Seminary at Dana College^[6]
Georg M. Grossmann (1823-1897) - Founder of Wartburg College^[7]
Theodore Marcus Hansen (1886-1973) - President of Dana College and Trinity Seminary
John N. Kildahl (1857-1920) - Lutheran church minister, author and educator, President of St. Olaf College
O. P. Kretzmann (1901-1975) - President of Valparaiso University, Lutheran pastor, author, and professor
Peter Laurentius Larsen - Founding president of Luther College.
Knud Ejler Løgstrup - Danish philosopher and theologian. Pastor at Sandager- Holevad from 1936–1943. Professor at University of Aarhus from 1943-1975
Thorbjorn N. Mohn - Founding president of St. Olaf College
Bernt Julius Muus - Founder of St. Olaf College
Robert Preus - Lutheran pastor, professor, author, and seminary president
Stephan Ludwig Roth - Transylvanian educationist.^[8]
Jacob Tanner (1865-1964) - Norwegian American Lutheran educator and religious author
John Tietjen (1928-2004) - Noted for the Seminex controversy.^[9]
Peter Sørensen Vig (1854-1929) - President of Trinity Seminary and the president of Dana College^[10]

Activists

K. G. William Dahl (1883-1917) - Lutheran minister, author and social advocate. Founder of Bethphage Mission.
Robert Graetz (1928-2020) - Possibly the only white member of the Montgomery Improvement Association.^[11]
Sumowood Harris - Liberian peace activist.
Bernt B. Haugan (1862-1931) - American minister, politician, and temperance leader.
Judith Hird (b. 1946) - first woman to become a Lutheran pastor.
William A. Passavant - Lutheran minister noted for bringing the Lutheran Deaconess movement to the United States.
Roland Weisselberg (1933-2006) - Critic of the former East Germany who later committed Self-immolation as a protest against the spread of Islam.^[12]

Explorers and colonizers

Gotthard Fritzsche - A founding figure for Australia's Lutherans.^[13]
Rasmus Jensen - One of the earliest Lutheran chaplains to go the "New World."
August Kavel - A founding figure for Australia's Lutherans.^[14]
Martin Stephan - Settled with a colony of Saxons, later excommunicated.^[15]
Reorus Torkillus - First Lutheran clergyman to settle in New Sweden

Missionaries

Johan Campanius - Assigned to New Sweden, Missionary to the Lenape.
Hans Egede - "Apostle of Greenland."^[16]
Onesimos Nesib - Convert from Ethiopia who translated the Bible into Oromo and did missionary work in Africa.^[17]
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg - Possibly the first Protestant missionary in India.^[18]
Martti Rautanen (1845-1926) - First Christian missionary in Ovamboland in Namibia.
Alexander Durham Hail (1844-1923) - Possibly the first Protestant missionary in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.^[19]
John Baxter Hail (1846-1928) - Possibly the first Protestant missionary in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.^[20]

Politicians

Joh Bjelke-Petersen - Former Premier of Queensland.
Kjell Magne Bondevik (b. 1947) - Former Prime Minister of Norway.
Francis Hoffmann (1822-1903) - Once Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and also wrote under a pen-name.^[21]
John Herman Koch (1864-1929) - Former Wisconsin State Assemblyman.
Antti Johannes Rantamaa (1904-1987) - Finnish chaplain who served in the Parliament of Finland.

Theologians

Dietrich Bonhoeffer - A founding member of the Confessing Church who was executed by Nazi Germany.^[22]
Otto von Gerlach - Nineteenth-century German.^[23]
N. F. S. Grundtvig - Danish pastor, author, poet and author of hymns
Oswald Hoffmann - Clergyman and speaker on The Lutheran Hour.^[24]
Ernst Käsemann - New Testament studies, also active against Nazism.^[25]
Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe - Celebrated by ELCA and LCMS.^[26]
Martin Luther - German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, with whose teachings Lutheranism is associated.
Martin Niemöller - Former U-boat captain who became a theologian and, after initial enthusiasm, turned against Nazism.^[27]
Jacob Aall Ottesen - Norwegian American minister, theologian and church leader^[28]
Gunnar Rosendal (1897-1988) - Swedish theologian of High Church Lutheranism.^[29]

Writers

Caspar Aquila - Tract writer.
Johann Ernst Glück (1652-1705) - Translated the Bible into Latvian.
Paul Henkel (1854-1825) - Tract writer.^[30]
Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten (1858-1818) - German poet.^[31]
Eduard Mörike (1804-1875) - German Romantic poet.
Olaf M. Norlie (1876-1962) - Lutheran minister, educator scholar and author^[32]
Kristian Ostergaard (1855-1931) - Danish-American Lutheran pastor, educator and author^[33]
Nancy Raabe (1954-) - Pastor, author, composer.^[34] President, Association of Lutheran Church Musicians.^[35]
Johann Adolf Schlegel (1721-1793) - Poet who wrote "Spiritual Songs" and fathered two poets.^[36]

Citations

^ Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Archived 2009-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Archived 2009-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Promise of America
^ Concordia University profile
^ Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Archived 2009-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ Dana College Review, Volume 40, Number 1. Fall 1983
^ Wartburg College Archived 2009-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ Primăria Municipiului Mediaş » Acasă Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ ELCA site Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ Nebraska State Historical Society^[usurped]
^ Wittenberg.edu Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ Crossland, David (3 November 2006). "Priest burns himself to death over Islam". Times Online. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011.
^ Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod
^ German Australia Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Egede, Hans" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 12.
^ Dictionary of African Christian Biography
^ CSAAME article Archived 2007-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ Twenty-Five Years in Japan,1902
^ Twenty-Five Years in Japan,1902
^ Wisconsin Historical Society
^ BBC
^ Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
^ LCMS obituary
^ article
^ Concordia Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ Time Magazine
^ Jacob Aall Ottesen (Store norske leksikon)
^ The Catholic Movement in the Swedish Church
^ Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ The Baltic and the North Seas By David Kirby
^ United Church Seminary St. Olaf College Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Kristian Ostergaard's "A Merchant's House" (John Mark Nielsen, University of Nebraska - Lincoln)
^ "Nancy M Raabe, Pastor, Musician". nancyraabe.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
^ "Board Bios". Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
^ Schlegel's American Families of German Ancestry in the United States

[1] Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Archived 2009-09-01 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Archived 2009-09-01 at the Wayback Machine

[3] The Promise of America

[4] Concordia University profile

[5] Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Archived 2009-09-01 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Dana College Review, Volume 40, Number 1. Fall 1983

[7] Wartburg College Archived 2009-04-10 at the Wayback Machine

[8] Primăria Municipiului Mediaş » Acasă Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine

[9] ELCA site Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

[10] Nebraska State Historical Society^[usurped]

[11] Wittenberg.edu Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine

[12] Crossland, David (3 November 2006). "Priest burns himself to death over Islam". Times Online. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011.

[13] Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod

[14] German Australia Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine

[15] Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod

[16] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Egede, Hans" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 12.

[17] Dictionary of African Christian Biography

[18] CSAAME article Archived 2007-07-12 at the Wayback Machine

[19] Twenty-Five Years in Japan,1902

[20] Twenty-Five Years in Japan,1902

[21] Wisconsin Historical Society

[22] BBC

[23] Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge

[24] LCMS obituary

[25] rticle

[26] Concordia Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

[27] Time Magazine

[28] Jacob Aall Ottesen (Store norske leksikon)

[29] The Catholic Movement in the Swedish Church

[30] Christian Cyclopedia. The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[31] The Baltic and the North Seas By David Kirby

[32] United Church Seminary St. Olaf College Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine

[33] "Kristian Ostergaard's "A Merchant's House" (John Mark Nielsen, University of Nebraska - Lincoln)

[34] "Nancy M Raabe, Pastor, Musician". nancyraabe.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[35] "Board Bios". Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Retrieved 2022-10-12.

[36] Schlegel's American Families of German Ancestry in the United States

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Lists of Lutheran bishops and archbishops

Additional Lutheran leaders

List of clergy

Academics

Activists

Explorers and colonizers

Missionaries

Politicians

Theologians

Writers

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