page_title: Consistory (Protestantism)
section_title: Consistories renamed
hierarchical_section_title: Consistory (Protestantism) / Consistories renamed
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Speyer, Protestantisches Konsistorium der Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz (Protestantische Landeskirche). English: Speyer, the Protestant Consistory of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate (Protestant State Church).
context_page_description: In Protestant usage, a consistory designates certain ruling bodies in various churches. The meaning and the scope of functions varies strongly, also along the separating lines of the Protestant denominations and church bodies.
context_section_description: The Supreme Consistory (Oberkonsistorium) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, founded in 1818 was replaced as a decision-taking body by the Landeskirchenrat (Regional Church Council) in 1920. Its administration division was renamed Munich Church Office.
  The regional consistory (Landeskonsistorium) of the Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Hanover was renamed Landeskirchenamt (Regional Church Office) in 1924.
  The consistory (Konsistorium) of the Evangelical Regional Church in Hesse-Cassel was renamed Landeskirchenamt (Regional Church Office) in 1924.
  The consistory of the Church of Lippe was renamed Landeskirchenamt in 1931.
  The Speyer Consistory (Konsistorium Speyer), founded in 1818, of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate was replaced by the Landeskirchenrat (regional church council) in 1921.
  The consistory of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church (PEK), after having been established in 1653, then reorganised, moved and renamed several times, was converted into the Pommersche Kirchenkreisverwaltung (Pomeranian Deanery Administration) in 2012.
   
  The consistory (Evangelisches Konsistorium) of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland was renamed Landeskirchenamt in 1948.
  The consistory (Evangelisches Konsistorium) of the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony was transformed into the Kirchenamt der Föderation Evangelischer Kirchen in Mitteldeutschland (church office of the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Middle Germany).
  The consistory of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony was renamed the Saxony Regional Church Office in 1933.
  The consistory (Evangelisches Konsistorium) of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia was renamed the Regional Church Office (Landeskirchenamt) in 1948.
caption: Palatine Regional Church Council, called the Speyer Consistory until 1921
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