Spiritual Leaders
- 1920–1934: Wilhelm Reichardt, titled Landesoberpfarrer (state supreme pastor), then - after July 1933 - Landesbischof (state bishop)
- 1934–1942: Martin Sasse, title state bishop
- 1942–1945: vacancy
- 1943–1945: Hugo Rönck per pro, Kirchenpräsident (church president), usurping the title of state bishop in early 1945, forced to resign in April 1945
- 1945–1970: Moritz Mitzenheim, at first titled state supreme pastor, then state bishop
- 1970–1978: Ingo Braecklein, state bishop
- 1978–1992: Werner Leich, state bishop
- 1992–2001: Roland Hoffmann, state bishop
- 2001–2008: Christoph Kähler, state bishop
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