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This page lists the main religious leaders today.

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Catholic Churches

Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Roman Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVI April 19, 2005
Armenian Catholic Church Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Nerses Bedros XIX October 7, 1999
Byzantine Catholic Church (Ruthenian) in America Metropolitan Archbishop of Pittsburgh Eugene Yackanich (administrator)) June 2010
Chaldean Catholic Church Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Emmanuel III Delly December 3, 2003
Coptic Catholic Church Patriarch of Alexandria Antonios Naguib March 30, 2006
Hungarian Catholic Church Bishop Hajddorog Pter Flp Kocsis May 2, 2008
Maronite Catholic Church Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Nasrallah Sfeir April 19, 1986
Melkite Catholic Church Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Alexandria and Jerusalem Melkites Gregory III Laham November 29, 2000
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church Bishop of Mukachevo Milan Sasik November 12, 2002
Syriac Catholic Church Patriarch of Antioch Ignace Joseph III 21 January 2009
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly Varkey Vithayathil December 23, 1999
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Archbishop of Trivandrum Bawa Cleemis Baselios 10 February 2007
Croatian Greek Catholic Church Bishop of the Byzantine Krievci Nikola Kekic May 25, 2009
Romanian Greek Catholic Church Major Archbishop of Farag and Alba Julia Lucian Muresan July 20, 1994
Greek Catholic Church Serbo-Montenegrin Exarch Djura Dzudzar November 2, 2003
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Patriarch of Kiev Lubomyr Husar Old Catholic Churches
Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Old Catholic Church Bishop of Utrecht Joris Vercammen March 11, 2000
Czechoslovak Hussite Church Patriarch Tomas Butta September 28, 2006
Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil Patriarch (Vacant) October 2009
Church Mariavite Head Beatrycze Szulgowicz 2005
Old Catholic Church of Mariavites Bishop-Primate Maria Ludwik Jablonski 2007
Polish National Catholic Church of America First bishop Robert M. Nemkovich 1997
Old Roman Catholic Church in North America Archbishop Theodore Joseph Rematt 1988
Old Catholic Church of America Archbishop Randall Sherman Pius Mosley June 2009
Old Roman Catholic Church in North America Archbishop Francis Peter Facione April 12, 1975
Philippine Independent Church Obispo Maximo Godofredo J. David May 2005

Catholic Orders

Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Sovereign Military Order of Malta Grandmaster Matthew Festing March 11, 2008
Society of Jesus ( Jesuits ) Superior General Adolfo Nicolas January 20, 2008
Teutonic Order Grandmaster Bruno Platter August 26, 2000

Movements Catholic traditionalists

Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X Superior General Bernard Fellay 1994
Church palmarienne Pope Peter II April 2005
Opus Dei Prelate Javier Echevarria April 21, 1994

Protestant churches and movements

Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Church of England Head of the Church Elizabeth II February 6, 1952
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams December 2, 2002
Lutheran World Federation Head of the Church Munib Younan ( Palestine ) July 24, 2010
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Bishop-President Mark S. Hanson November 1, 2001
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod President Gerald B. Kieschnick September 8, 2001
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin President Mark Schroeder 2007
Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala Anders Wejryd September 2, 2006
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Archbishop of Turku Kari Mkinen June 6, 2010
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop (in exile) Andres Taul June 10, 2007
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Archbishop Andres Pder February 2, 2005
Seventh-Day Adventists President of the General Conference Ted Wilson, NC June 25, 2010
Army hi General Shaw Clifton April 2, 2006
Grace International Communion Pastor General Joseph Tkach, Jr. 1995
New Apostolic Church Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber May 15, 2005
Assemblies of God Superintendent General George O. Wood October 8, 2007
United Church of Christ (UCC) General Minister and President Geoffrey Black April 17, 2010
Church of the Nazarene General Superintendents Jerry D. Porter 1997
Jesse C. Middendorf 2001
JK Warrick 2005
Eugenio Duarte 2009
David W. Graves 2009
Stan Toler 2009
Secretary General David P. Wilson February 24, 2007
Mennonite World Conference Secretary General Larry Miller 1990
Pentecostal Besanon - Evangelical Missionary Church Pastor General Rene Kennel 1977
Union meetings Protestant Mission - Christian Life in France Pastor General Vincent Esterman 1988

Orthodox Churches

Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew October 22, 1991
Orthodox Church of Alexandria Patriarch Theodore II October 9, 2004
Orthodox Church of Antioch Patriarch Ignatius IV July 2, 1979
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilus III August 22, 2005
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Cyril I. January 27, 2009
Russian Orthodox Church outside boundaries Metropolitan Hilarion March 16, 2008
Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irenaeus January 22, 2010
Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch Daniel July 31, 2007
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch of All Bulgaria Maxime July 4, 1971
Georgian Orthodox Church Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II December 23, 1977
Cypriot Orthodox Church Archbishop of New Justinian and All Cyprus Chrysostomos II November 5, 2006
Greek Orthodox Church Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymus II February 7, 2008
Polish Orthodox Church Archbishop of Warsaw and All Poland Sawa 12 May 1998
Albanian Orthodox Church Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania Anastasios June 24, 1992
Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Czech lands and Slovakia Christophorus May 2, 2006
Orthodox Church in America Metropolitan of All America and All of Canada Jonas November 12, 2008

Autonomous Orthodox Churches

Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Orthodox Church of Sinai Archbishop of Sinai Damianos 10 December 1973
Finnish Orthodox Church Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland Leo 25 October 2001
Orthodox Church of Estonia Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia Stphane 16 March 1999
Japanese Orthodox Church Metropolitan of All Japan Daniel 6 May 2000
Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Vladimir II 27 May 1992
Macedonian Orthodox Church Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje Jovan VI 24 May 2005
Orthodox Church in Bessarabia Metropolitan Petru December 1992

schismatic Orthodox Churches

Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Macedonian Orthodox Church Archbishop of Ohrid Stefan October 10, 1999
Ukrainian Orthodox Church autocephalous Patriarch Mefody September 15, 2000
Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church autocephalous Patriarch Filaret October 22, 1995
Montenegrin Orthodox Church Metropolitan Mihailo January 6, 1997
Old Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexander May 9, 2000
Orthodox Church Russian Old Ritualist Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia Korniliy October 18, 2005
Old Orthodox Church ritualist Lipovans Metropolitan Belo-Krinitsa and all Orthodox Christians-old Leonty October 24, 1996
Belarusian Orthodox Church autocephalous Metropolitan Iziaslau May 1984
Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece - Synod Chrysostomite Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (Vacant) September 19, 2010
True Orthodox Church of Greece (Synod matthiste) Metropolitan of Athens and All Greece Nicolas June 12, 2003
Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece - Synod Auxentiite Metropolitan of Athens and All Greece Maxime 1995
Orthodox Church of Greece - Holy Synod in Resistance Metropolitan Oropos and Fili Cyprian April 1985
Cyprian Oreoi (Acting) October 2007
Church of True Orthodox Christians (matthistes) Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Gregory 1995
True Orthodox Church of Greece (Synod of Athanasius) Metropolitan of Athens and All Greece Athanasius 1996
Old-calendar Orthodox Church of Romania Metropolitan Vlas 1992
Old Orthodox Church in Lithuania Pomors Council President Nikolai Pilnikov 1995
Old Orthodox Church in Belarus Pomors Council President Pyotr Alexandrovich Orlov 2001
Old Orthodox Church in Poland Pomors Council President Feodosi Novitchenko 1993

Oriental Orthodox Churches

Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Armenian Apostolic Church Catholicos of All Armenians Garguine II Nersissian November 4, 1999
Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I June 28, 1995
Coptic Orthodox Church Patriarch Shenouda III November 14, 1971
Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch Paul July 5, 1992
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Malankara Orthodox Church Catholicos of the East Baselios Marthoma Paulose II November 1, 2010
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church- Catholicos of the East-Maphrien Baselios Thomas I. July 26, 2002
Syriac Orthodox Church Catholicos of Antioch and All the East Ignatius Zakka I Iwas September 14, 1980
Orthodox Church of Malabar Metropolitan of All India March Aprem Mooken October 17, 1968

Other Christians

Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Assyrian Apostolic Church of the East Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV October 17, 1976
Ancient Church of the East Patriarch Mar Addai II September 1969
Malabar Independent Syrian Church Metropolitan Joseph Alathoor Panakkal March Koorilose IX August 27, 1986
World Council of Churches Secretary General Tveit ( Norway ) January 1, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses Members of the Central College
John Barr 1977
Samuel Herd 1999
Geoffrey Jackson 2005
Theodore Jaracz 1974
Steve Lett 1999
Gerrit Losch 1994
Anthony Morris 2005
Guy Pierce 1999
David Splane 1999
President of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania Don A. Adams October 7, 2000
Christian Science Chairman of the Executive Mary Trammell 2005
Director J. Thomas Black 2005
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( Mormons ) President Thomas S. Monson February 3, 2008
Community of Christ President Stephen M. Veazey June 3, 2005

Judaism

Movement Status Name Since (the)
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder June 10, 2007
World Zionist Organization / Jewish Agency President Nathan Shcharansky June 27, 2009
Turkey Rabbi Isak Haleva July 14, 2002
Israel Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger April 14, 2003
Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar April 14, 2003
Samaritans High Priest Aharon Ben-Ab Chisda bin Yaacob February 2010

Islam

Movement Status Name Since (the)
Nizari ( Shia Ismaili ) Imam Aga Khan IV July 12, 1957
Dawoodi Bohra ( Shia Ismaili ) Dai al-Mutlaq Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin November 13, 1965
Sulayman Bohra ( Shia Ismaili ) Dai al-Mutlaq Syedna Al-Fakhri Abdullah June 2, 2005
Alavi Bohra ( Shia Ismaili ) Dai al-Mutlaq Syedna Taiyeb Ziyauddin
Ahmadiyya Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad April 22, 2003
Emir of the Lahore branch Abdul Karim Saeed November 3, 2002
Druze Lebanese Head Walid Jumblatt March 1977
The Nation of Islam Imam Louis Farrakhan March 1978

Buddhism

Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Tibetan Buddhism Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama XIV) August 25, 1939
Panchen Lama appointed by the Dalai Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (eleventh Panchen Lama) May 14, 1995
Panchen Lama installed by the Chinese Gyancain Norbu November 29, 1995
Tibetan Buddhism (line Kagyupa ) Karmapa (competitors) Urgyen Trinley Dorje September 27, 1992
Trinley Thaye Dorje March 1994
Tibetan Buddhism (lineage Gelugpa ) Ganden Tripa Loungri Namgyel Rinpoche 2003
Tibetan Buddhism (line Nyingma ) Mindroling Trichen Kyabje Trulshig Rinpoche 2010
Tibetan Buddhism (line Sakya ) Throne-holder Ngawang Kunga Rinpoche Theckchen 1951
Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia (lineage Gelugpa and Jonang ) Bogd Gegen Jampal Namdol Choky Gyaltsen 1936
Thai Buddhists Supreme Patriarch Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana 1989
Somdet Kiaw (Acting) 2004

Bahaism

Movement Status Name Since (the)
Baha'i Faith Assembly Universal House of Justice April 28, 1963
Baha'i Faith in guarding hereditary Guardian Jacques Soghomonian 1991
Orthodox Baha'i Faith Guardian Joel Bray Marangella November 12, 1969

Other religions

If the following movements claim to be religions, the name of religion is, for some, disputed by critics, who call regularly sect in the modern sense and pejorative term.

Church or movement Status Name Since (the)
Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada November 9, 2006
Svetambaras Acarya Mahashraman May 9, 2010
Church of Scientology International Executive Director William Lesevre 1982
Chairman of Religious Technology Center David Miscavige 1982
Unification Church (Moonies) Reverend Sun Myung Moon May 1, 1954
Falun Gong Leader-Founder Li Hongzhi 1992
Raelian Movement Head-Founder Claude Vorilhon 1976
Iglesia Cristo no Chief Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo (Acting) August 31, 2009
Kimbanguist Church Head Joseph Diangienda 1954
Mita Congregation Head Teofilo Vargas Sein 1970
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God Head Edir Macedo 1979
Ogyen Kuzang Chling Founder Robert Spatz 1972
World Alliance President Jacqueline Roux-Van Gerding 1981
IVI (IVI) Founder Yvonne Trubert 1983
Energo Chromo Kines Founder Patrick Vret 1987

References

  1. Locum Tenens until January 25, 2001. Patriarch of Lviv until August 21, 2005.
  2. Locum Tenens of 6 December 2008 to January 27, 2009.
  3. Eucharistic communion and unity with the canonical Russian Orthodox Church have been restored in Moscow May 17, 2007.
  4. Locum Tenens until May 12, 2008.
  5. Locum Tenens until September 12, 2007.
  6. Locum tenens until March 5, 2004. Has been dismissed Jan. 13, 2006, but does not recognize this dismissal (dismissal which is not recognized by the Coptic Church).
  7. Head of the Holy Synod until 19 April 2007.
  8. Locum Tenens until February 1970.
  9. Acting to December 19, 2002.
  10. It is the head of all lines and belongs to the Gelugpa lineage. Depending on the ruling of the Dalai Lama: Roland Barraux History Dalai Lama (2002, Albin Michel, ISBN 2226133178 ), from the preface of Dagpo Rinpoche : "... and since the 5 th of them, they carrying a load not only spiritual but also political, governing Tibet.
  11. Gelugpa School (en).
  12. The biography of his official website (en) presents him as "Supreme Head of the Sakya School.
  13. "confirmed" in 1991. Biography Of The 9th Khalkha Jetsn Dhampir.
  14. Peter Jamel Khan (1987 -), Cameron Hooper (1988 -), Dr Arbab (1993 -), Kiser Barnes (2000 -), Firaydoun Javaheri (2003 -), Paul Lample (2005 -), Payman Mohajer (2005 -) , Gustavo Correa (2008 -) and Shahriar Razavi (2008 -).
  15. de facto leader since 1986.
  16. record in the English : Mita Congregation
  17. "Aaron" is his name "reign."

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