Werner Leich

Werner Leich
Leich in 1989
Born	(1927-01-31)31 January 1927 Mühlhausen, Thuringia, Germany
Died	17 December 2022(2022-12-17) (aged 95) Gotha, Thuringia, Germany
Education	University of Marburg University of Tübingen Heidelberg University
Occupations	Lutheran theologian Landesbischof
Awards	Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia Four Freedoms Award

Werner Leich (31 January 1927 – 17 December 2022) was a German Protestant theologian and pastor. From 1978 to 1992, he was the longest-serving Landesbischof of the Lutheran Church in Thuringia during the era of the German Democratic Republic, and led the state church’s independence from the regime.