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This is a list of the top-level leaders for religious groups with at least 50,000 adherents, and that led anytime since January 1, 2001. It should likewise only name leaders listed on other articles and lists.


Buddhism

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Cambodian buddhism Buddhism in Cambodia or Khmer Buddhism ( km, ព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនានៅកម្ពុជា) has existed since at least the 5th century. In its earliest form it was a type of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Today, the predominant fo ...
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Tep Vong Samdech Preah Agga Maha Sangharajadhipati Tep Vong ( km, សម្ដេចព្រះអគ្គមហាសង្ឃរាជាធិបតី ទេព វង្ស; born 12 January 1932) is a Cambodian Buddhist monk, currently the Great S ...
, Great Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia (2006–present) *
Engaged Buddhism Engaged Buddhism, also known as socially engaged Buddhism, refers to a Buddhist social movement that emerged in Asia in the 20th century, composed of Buddhists who are seeking ways to apply the Buddhist ethics, insights acquired from meditation ...
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Thích Nhất Hạnh Thích Nhất Hạnh ( ; ; born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo; 11 October 1926 – 22 January 2022) was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet and teacher, who founded the Plum Village Tradition, historically recogni ...
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Sōka Gakkai is a Japanese Buddhist religious movement based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese priest Nichiren as taught by its first three presidents Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, Jōsei Toda, and Daisaku Ikeda. It is the largest of the Japanese ...
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Einosuke Akiya {{Infobox officeholder , name = Einosuke Akiya , image = , alt = , caption = , birth_name = , birth_date = {{Birth date and age, 1930, 07, 15 , birth_place = {{Flagcountry, Empire of Japan, Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku ...
, President (1981–2006) :*
Minoru Harada is a Japanese Buddhist leader. He is the sixth president of the Soka Gakkai from 9 November 2006.
, President (2006–present) *
Thai Buddhism Buddhism in Thailand is largely of the Theravada school, which is followed by 95 percent of the population. Thailand has the second largest Buddhist population in the world, after China, with approximately 64 million Buddhists. Buddhism in Th ...
— :* Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana, 19th Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1989–2013) :* Ariyavongsagatanana IX, 20th Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (2017–present)


Tibetan Buddhism

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Dalai Lama Dalai Lama (, ; ) is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th and current Dal ...
of the Gelug (Yellow Hat school) — :*
Tenzin Gyatso The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, known as Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: ''bsTan-'dzin rgya-mtsho''); né Lhamo Thondup), known as ...
, 14th Dalai Lama (1940–present) ;Mongolia *
Jebtsundamba Khutuktu The Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, , ; zh, c=哲布尊丹巴呼圖克圖, p=Zhébùzūn Dānbā Hūtúkètú; bo, རྗེ་བཙུན་དམ་པ་ཧུ་ཐུག་ཐུ་, Jetsün Dampa Hutuktu; "Venerable Excellent incarnate lama" ar ...
of the Gelug in Mongolia — :* Jambalnamdolchoyjijantsan, 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu (1991–2012) ;Russia *Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia — :* Damba Ayusheev, 24th Pandito Khambo Lama (1995–present)


Christianity


Catholicism

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Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
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John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
, Pope (1978–2005) :*
Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...
, Pope (2005–2013) :*
Francis Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural M ...
, Pope (2013–present) *
Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (''sui iuris'') particular churches of th ...
sui iuris :*
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , native_name_lang = uk , caption_background = , image = StGeorgeCathedral Lviv.JPG , imagewidth = , type = Particular church (sui iuris) , alt = , caption = St. George's C ...
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Lubomyr Husar Lubomyr Husar MSU ( uk, Любомир Гузар, Liubomyr Huzar; 26 February 1933 – 31 May 2017) was the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the first elected in independent Ukraine. He was also a cardinal of the C ...
, Major Archbishop (2001–2011) ::*
Sviatoslav Shevchuk Sviatoslav Shevchuk ( uk, Святосла́в Шевчу́к; born 5 May 1970 in Stryi, Ukrainian SSR) has been the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) since 25 March 2011, serving as the Eastern Catholic church's le ...
, Major Archbishop (2011–present) :*
Maronite Church The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic ''sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. The current head of the Maro ...
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Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir ('; ar, الكاردينال مار نصر الله بطرس صفير; la, Victor Petrus Sfeir; 15 May 1920 – 12 May 2019) was the patriarch of Lebanon's largest Christian body, the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic ...
, Patriarch (1986–2011) ::*
Bechara Boutros al-Rahi Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (or Raï; syr, ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܒܫܐܪܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܐܠܪܐܥܝ; ar, بشارة بطرس الراعي, Mor Bishārah Buṭrus al-Rāʿī; la, Béchara Petrus Raï) (born on 25 February 1940) is the 77th Maronite Patri ...
, Patriarch (2011–present) :*
Syro-Malabar Church lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...
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Varkey Vithayathil Varkey Vithayathil (29 May 19271 April 2011) was an Indian cardinal, served as Head and Father of Syro Malabar Church and Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly. He was also a religious priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Ea ...
, Major Archbishop (1999–2011) ::*
George Alencherry George Alencherry ( syr, ܡܵܪܝ ܓܝܼܘܲܪܓܝܼܣ ܐܵܠܲܢܫܝܪܝ, Mar Giwargis Alencherry) is the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and also a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was electe ...
, Major Archbishop (2011–present) *
Independent Catholic Independent Catholicism is an independent sacramental movement of clergy and laity who self-identify as Catholic (most often as Old Catholic or as Independent Catholic) and form "micro-churches claiming apostolic succession and valid sacrament ...
groups :*Old Roman Catholic Church in Europe – ::*Jerome Lloyd, Metropolitan Archbishop (2012–present) :*
Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines) The Apostolic Catholic Church (ACC) (Filipino: ''Apostolika't Katolikang Simbahan'' or ''Simbahang Apostolika Katolika''; Spanish: ''iglesia católica apostólica'') is an Independent Catholic denomination established in 1992 by John Florentine ...
– ::*John Florentine, Patriarch (1995–2021) ::*Juan Almario, Patriarch (2021–present) :*
Philippine Independent Church , native_name_lang = fil , icon = Logo of the Philippine Independent Church (Aglipayan Church).svg , icon_width = 80px , icon_alt = Coat of arms of the Philippine Independent Church , image ...
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Alberto Ramento Alberto Ramento y Baldovino (August 9, 1936 in Guimba, Nueva Ecija – October 3, 2006 in Tarlac City) was the ninth Supreme Bishop (''Obispo Máximo'') and former Chairperson of the Supreme Council of Bishops of the Philippine Independent ...
, Supreme Bishop (1995–2001) ::*Tomás Millamena, Supreme Bishop (2001–2007) ::*Godofredo David, Supreme Bishop (2007–2011) ::*
Ephraim Fajutagana Ephraim Fajutagana y Servañez is a former Obispo Máximo or Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church (''Iglesia Filipina Independiente'' or IFI). He is the 12th Obispo Máximo, the highest post of the Church, that goes back from i ...
, Supreme Bishop (2011–2017) ::* Rhee Timbang, Supreme Bishop (2017–present)


Eastern Orthodoxy

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Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...
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first among equals ''Primus inter pares'' is a Latin phrase meaning first among equals. It is typically used as an honorary title for someone who is formally equal to other members of their group but is accorded unofficial respect, traditionally owing to their sen ...
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Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main Branches of Christianity, branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholic Church, Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first m ...
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Bartholomew I Bartholomew I ( el, Βαρθολομαῖος Αʹ, , tr, I. Bartholomeos; born 29 February 1940) is the 270th archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, since 2 November 1991. In accordance with his title, he is regarded as the '' ...
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...
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Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa ( grc, Πατριαρχεῖον Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ πάσης Ἀφρικῆς, Patriarcheîon Alexandreías kaì pásēs Aphrikês, The Patriarchate of Alexandria and ...
( complete list) – :* Peter VII, Patriarch of Alexandria (1997–2004) :* Theodore II, Patriarch of Alexandria (2004–present) *
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch ( el, Ελληνορθόδοξο Πατριαρχείο Αντιοχείας), also known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church and legally as the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East ( ar ...
( complete list) – :* Ignatius IV (Hazim), Patriarch of Antioch (1979–2012) :* John X (Yazigi), Patriarch of Antioch (2012–present) *
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, el, Πατριαρχεῖον Ἱεροσολύμων, ''Patriarcheîon Hierosolýmōn;'' he, הפטריארכיה היוונית-אורתודוקסית של ירושלים; ar, كنيسة الرو ...
– :* Irenaios I, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (2001–2005) :*
Theophilos III Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem ( el, Πατριάρχης Ιεροσολύμων Θεόφιλος Γ'; ar, غبطة بطريرك المدينة المقدسة اورشليم وسائر أعمال فلسطين كيريوس كيريوس ...
, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (2005–present) *
Albanian Orthodox Church The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania ( sq, Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë), commonly known as the Albanian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Albania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church. It declared its autoce ...
– :* Anastasios (Yannoulatos), Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania (1992–present) *
Bulgarian Orthodox Church The Bulgarian Orthodox Church ( bg, Българска православна църква, translit=Balgarska pravoslavna tsarkva), legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria ( bg, Българска патриаршия, links=no, translit=Balgarsk ...
( complete list) – :*
Maxim Maxim or Maksim may refer to: Entertainment * ''Maxim'' (magazine), an international men's magazine ** ''Maxim'' (Australia), the Australian edition ** ''Maxim'' (India), the Indian edition *Maxim Radio, ''Maxim'' magazine's radio channel on Sir ...
, Patriarch of All Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia (1971–2012) :* Neofit, Patriarch of All Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia (2013–present) *
Cypriot Orthodox Church The Church of Cyprus ( el, Ἐκκλησία τῆς Κύπρου, translit=Ekklisia tis Kyprou; tr, Kıbrıs Kilisesi) is one of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox churches that together with other Eastern Orthodox churches form the communion ...
( complete list) – :* Chrysostomos I, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (1977–2006) :* Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (2006–2022) *
Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church The Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia ( cs, Pravoslavná církev v Českých zemích a na Slovensku; sk, Pravoslávna cirkev v českých krajinách a na Slovensku) is a self-governing body of the Eastern Orthodox Church that territ ...
– :*Nicholas of Presov, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia (2000–2006) :*
Christopher of Prague Christopher of Prague, born 29 June 1953 as Radim Pulec is the Orthodox Metropolitan of the Czech lands and Slovakia since 2006 and Archbishop of Prague. He has participated in numerous theological conferences and has represented the Church of th ...
, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia (2006–2014) :* Rastilav of Presov, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia (2014–present) *
Georgian Orthodox Church The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...
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Ilia II Ilia may refer to: Science and medicine *''Apatura ilia'' or lesser purple emperor, a butterfly *Ilium (bone) (plural: "ilia"), pelvic bone People * Ilia (name), numerous **Ilia II Ilia may refer to: Science and medicine *''Apatura ilia'' or ...
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Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia '' Catholicos-Patriarch'' has been the title of the heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1010. The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia was Melkisedek I (1010–1033). In the 15th century the Georgian Orthodox Church was divided into t ...
(1977–present) *
Church of Greece The Church of Greece ( el, Ἐκκλησία τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Ekklēsía tē̂s Helládos, ), part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, is one of the autocephalous churches which make up the communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Its ...
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Christodoulos of Athens Christodoulos (17 January 1939 – 28 January 2008) ( el, Χριστόδουλος, born Christos Paraskevaidis, ''Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης'') was Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and as such the primate of the Autocephalous O ...
, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1998–2008) :*
Ieronymos II Ieronymos II ( el, Ιερώνυμος B’, ''Ierōnymos II'', ; born 10 March 1938) is the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and as such the primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. He was elected on 7 February 2008. Ieronymos ...
, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (2008–present) *
Orthodox Church in America The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian church based in North America. The OCA is partly recognized as Autocephaly, autocephalous and consists of more than 700 parishes, missions, commun ...
, North America ( complete list) – :*
Theodosius (Lazor) Metropolitan Theodosius (secular name Frank Lazor; , Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) from 1977 until his retirement in 2002. On , Metropolitan Theodosius (who had suffered a series of strokes) s ...
, Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1977–1980) :*
Theodosius (Lazor) Metropolitan Theodosius (secular name Frank Lazor; , Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) from 1977 until his retirement in 2002. On , Metropolitan Theodosius (who had suffered a series of strokes) s ...
, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1981–2002) :*
Herman (Swaiko) Metropolitan Herman (born Joseph Swaiko, 1 February 1932 – 6 September 2022) was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). As the head of the OCA, he was the Archbishop of Washington and New York, and Metropolitan of All America ...
, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2002–2005) :*
Herman (Swaiko) Metropolitan Herman (born Joseph Swaiko, 1 February 1932 – 6 September 2022) was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). As the head of the OCA, he was the Archbishop of Washington and New York, and Metropolitan of All America ...
, Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2005–2008) :*
Jonah (Paffhausen) Metropolitan Jonah (born James Paffhausen, Jr.; October 20, 1959) is a retired American Eastern Orthodox bishop who served as the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) with the title ''The Most Blessed Archbishop of Washington, Metropo ...
, Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2008–2009) :*
Jonah (Paffhausen) Metropolitan Jonah (born James Paffhausen, Jr.; October 20, 1959) is a retired American Eastern Orthodox bishop who served as the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) with the title ''The Most Blessed Archbishop of Washington, Metropo ...
, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2009–2012) :*
Tikhon Tikhon (russian: Ти́хон, uk, Ти́хон, Ти́хін, pl, Tychon) is a Slavic male given name of Greek origin, related to Western European Tycho. *Tikhon Bernstam (born 1979), American Internet entrepreneur * Tikhon Chicherin (1869–19 ...
, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2012–present) *
Polish Orthodox Church The Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church ( pl, Polski Autokefaliczny Kościół Prawosławny), commonly known as the Polish Orthodox Church, or Orthodox Church of Poland, is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches in full communion. Th ...
– :* Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland (1998–present) *
Romanian Orthodox Church The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches, and one of ...
– :* Teoctist I,
Patriarch of All Romania The Patriarch of All Romania ( ro, Patriarh al Întregii Românii; ) is the title of the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Patriarch is officially styled as ''Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, Locum tenens o ...
(1986–2007) :*
Daniel Ciobotea Daniel (), born Dan Ilie Ciobotea (; born 22 July 1951), is the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The elections took place on 12 September 2007. Daniel won with a majority of 95 votes out of 161 against Bartolomeu Anania. He was offic ...
, Patriarch of All Romania (2007–present) *
Russian Orthodox Church , native_name_lang = ru , image = Moscow July 2011-7a.jpg , imagewidth = , alt = , caption = Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia , abbreviation = ROC , type ...
( complete list) – :* Alexy II of Russia, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1990–2008) :* Kirill I, acting (2008–2009), Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (2009–present) *
Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...
( complete list) – :*
Pavle Pavle ( Macedonian and sr-cyr, Павле; ka, პავლე) is a Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian and Georgian male given name corresponding to English Paul; the name is of biblical origin (cf. Saint Paul). People known mononymously as Pavle inc ...
, Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and
Serbian Patriarch This article lists the heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since the establishment of the church as an autocephalous archbishopric in 1219 to today's patriarchate. The list includes all the archbishops and patriarchs that led the Serbian Ortho ...
(1990–2009) :*
Irinej Irinej is the Slavic form of the name Irenaeus. People bearing this name include: *Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930–2020), the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (2010–2020). *Irinej Bulović Irinej Bulović (born Mirko Bulović ...
, Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch (2010–2020) :* Porfirije, Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch (2021–present) *
Orthodox Church of Finland The Orthodox Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko, lit=Finnish Orthodox Church; sv, Ortodoxa kyrkan i Finland, lit=Orthodox Church in Finland; ) is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Const ...
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John Rinne Metropolitan John (secular name Johannes Wilho Rinne; 16 August 1923 – 1 July 2010) was the Orthodox Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland from 1987 to 2001. Birth Rinne was born in Turku, Finland, on 16 August 1923 to a family belonging to the ...
, Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland (1987–2001) :*
Leo Makkonen Archbishop Leo (Makkonen) of Helsinki and All Finland, head of the Finnish Orthodox Church, was born in Pielavesi in eastern Finland on June 4, 1948. After completing studies in 1972 at the Kuopio seminary, he was ordained deacon on 20 July 1 ...
Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland (2001–present) *
Orthodox Church of Ukraine The Orthodox Church of Ukraine ( uk, Православна церква України, Pravoslavna tserkva Ukrainy; OCU) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church whose canonical territory is Ukraine. The church was united at the unifi ...
– :* Epiphanius I,
Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Metropolitan of Kyiv is an episcopal title that has been created with varying suffixes at multiple times in different Christian churches, though always maintaining the name of the metropolitan city — Kiev. The title takes its name from the city ...
(2018–present)


Oriental Orthodoxy

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Karekin II Catholicos Karekin II ( hy, Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Garegin; born 21 August 1951) is the current Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. In 2013 he was unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox hea ...
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Catholicos of All Armenians The Catholicos of All Armenians (plural Catholicoi) ( hy, Ամենայն Հայոց Կաթողիկոս; see #Other names), is the chief bishop and spiritual leader of Armenia's national church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the worldwide Arme ...
(1999–present) :*
Armenian Apostolic Church , native_name_lang = hy , icon = Armenian Apostolic Church logo.svg , icon_width = 100px , icon_alt = , image = Էջմիածնի_Մայր_Տաճար.jpg , imagewidth = 250px , a ...
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Aram I Aram I ( hy, Արամ Ա. Քեշիշեան; born Bedros Keshishian 8 March 1947), has been the head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia since 1995 and he resides in Antelias, Lebanon. Bibliography Aram I has written the followin ...
, Catholicos of Cilicia (1995–present) *
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي ...
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Shenouda III of Alexandria Pope Shenouda III (; cop, Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲅ̅   '; ar, بابا الإسكندرية شنودة الثالث '; 3 August 1923 – 17 March 2012) was the 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See ...
, Pope and Patriarch (1971–2012) :* Theodoros II of Alexandria, Pope and Patriarch (Pope Tawadros II) (2012–present) *
Eritrean Orthodox Church The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( ti, ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህዶ ኤርትራ) is one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches with its headquarters in Asmara, Eritrea. Its autocephaly was recognised by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandri ...
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Abune Phillipos Abune Phillipos (27 September 1901 – 18 September 2002) was the first Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Life He was born in Endadeko, Ighelehames, Akeleguzay, Eritrea and began his religious training at the Debre Bizen Monas ...
, Patriarch (1999–2001) :*
Abune Yacob Abune Yacob (5 July 1924 – 1 December 2003) was the second patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Born, raised and ordained in Eritrea, initially he had been made an archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and had even serv ...
, Patriarch (2002–2003) :*
Abune Antonios Abune Antonios (; 12 July 1927 – 9 February 2022) was the third Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. He was illegally and forcefully deposed by the Eritrean government in 2006, and was placed under house arrest thereafter. Ec ...
, Patriarch (2004–2007) :*
Abune Dioskoros Abune Diosqoros (born Diosqoros Hagos Mendefera; 1935 – 21 December 2015) was the fourth Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, appointed in April 2007. Bishop Born in 1935, Dioskoros was consecrated as bishop of the Seraye distri ...
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Abune Qerlos Abune Qerlos (1928 – 2 December 2022) was the fifth Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( ti, ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህዶ ኤርትራ) is one of the Oriental Orthodox Church ...
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Ethiopian Orthodox Church The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...
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Abune Paulos Abune Paulos (born Gebremedhin Woldeyohannes; 3 November 1936 – 16 August 2012) was an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Patriarch from 1992 to his death in 2012. His full title was "His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Fifth Patriarch of the Ortho ...
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Abune Mathias Abune Mathias (born Teklemariam Asrat; 5 January 1941) is the current Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church since 2013. His full title is " His Holiness Abune Mathias I, Sixth Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Archbishop of ...
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Syriac Orthodox Church , native_name_lang = syc , image = St_George_Syriac_orthodox_church_in_Damascus.jpg , imagewidth = 250 , alt = Cathedral of Saint George , caption = Cathedral of Saint George, Damascus ...
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Ignatius Zakka I Iwas Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ( syr, ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܙܟܝ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܥܝܘܐܨ; ar, إغناطيوس زكا الأول عيواص; ', born Sanharib Iwas, 21 April 1931 – 21 March 2014) was the 122nd reigning Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Anti ...
(1980–2014) :* Ignatius Aphrem II Karim (2014–present) *
Indian Orthodox Church The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) also known as the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) or simply as the Malankara Church, is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church headquartered in Devalokam, near Kottayam, India. The church serves ...
( complete list) – :* Baselios Marthoma Mathews II,
Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan are the titles used by the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, which is also called the Indian Orthodox Church, for the same bishop holding two offices of Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metr ...
(1991–2005) :* Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I,
Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan are the titles used by the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, which is also called the Indian Orthodox Church, for the same bishop holding two offices of Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metr ...
(2005–2010) :*
Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Paulose II (born K. I. Paul at west mangad ); 30 August 1946 – 12 July 2021) was the primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He was enthroned as the 8th Catholicos of the Malankara Church and the 21st Mal ...
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Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan are the titles used by the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, which is also called the Indian Orthodox Church, for the same bishop holding two offices of Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metr ...
(2010–2021) :*
Baselios Marthoma Mathews III Baselios Marthoma Mathews III (born 12 February 1949) is the present Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, serving as its primate. He was enthroned as the 22nd Malankara Metropolitan on 14 Oc ...
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Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan are the titles used by the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, which is also called the Indian Orthodox Church, for the same bishop holding two offices of Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metr ...
(2021–present) *
Malabar Independent Syrian Church The Malabar Independent Syrian Church (MISC) also known as the Thozhiyur Church, is a Christian church centred in Kerala, India. It is one of the churches of the Saint Thomas Christian community, which traces its origins to the evangelical acti ...
– :*Joseph Mar Koorilose IX (1986–2001) :*
Cyril Mar Baselios I His Grace Cyril Mar Baselios I is the current primate and Metropolitan of the Malabar Independent Syrian Church (Thozhiyoor Church). He is the 15th metropolitan of Thozhiyoor. Personal life He was born on 30 July 1956 at Kunnamkulam. Car ...
(2001–present)


Protestantism

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National Association of Evangelicals The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) is an association of evangelical denominations, organizations, schools, churches and individuals, member of the World Evangelical Alliance. The association represents more than 45,000 local churches ...
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Kevin Mannoia Kevin W. Mannoia is the Pastoral Coach at the Rock Church, San Diego. He is a Professor of Ministry and formerly the University Chaplain at Azusa Pacific University. He was the President of the National Association of Evangelicals from 1999 to 2001 ...
, President (1999–2001) :*
Leith Anderson Leith Anderson (born 1944) is president emeritus of the National Association of Evangelicals and Baptist pastor emeritus of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, after serving as senior pastor from 1977 through 2011. Early life and education ...
, President (2002–2003) :*
Ted Haggard Ted Arthur Haggard (; born June 27, 1956) is an American evangelical pastor. Haggard is the founder and former pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado and is a founder of the Association of Life-Giving Churches. He served as pre ...
, President (2003–2006) :*
Leith Anderson Leith Anderson (born 1944) is president emeritus of the National Association of Evangelicals and Baptist pastor emeritus of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, after serving as senior pastor from 1977 through 2011. Early life and education ...
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Baptist

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Baptist World Alliance The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is the largest international Baptist organization with an estimated 51 million people in 2022 with 246 member bodies in 128 countries and territories. A voluntary association of Baptist churches, the BWA account ...
— :*General Secretaries ::* Denton Lotz (1988–2007) ::*
Neville Callam Neville Callam is a Jamaican Baptist minister, theologian, and General Secretary Emeritus of the Baptist World Alliance. Early life and education Callam was born in Jamaica to a committed Baptist family, his father a deacon and his mother involve ...
(2008–present) :*
Presidents President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
::* Billy Kim (2000–2005) ::*David Coffey (2005–2010) ::*John Upton (2010–present) ;Africa * Baptist Convention of Angola – :*Mateus Chaves, President () :*Alexandre Melo Chilanda, General Secretary () *
Nigerian Baptist Convention Nigerian Baptist Convention is a Baptist Christian denomination, affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance, in Nigeria. The office headquarters is in Ibadan, Nigeria. Rev. Dr. Israel Adélaní Àkànjí MFA is the president. History The Nige ...
– :*President ::*Uche Enyioha, President () :*General Secretary and CEO ::*S. T. Ola Akande, General Secretary ::*S. Ola Fadeji, General Secretary ::*Solomon Ademola Ishola, General Secretary () ;Asia *
Paku Karen Baptist Association Paku Karen Baptist Association, also known as Paku Kayin Baptist Association is a Baptist Christian denomination in Myanmar. It is affiliated with the Karen Baptist Convention. History It was founded in 1856 by the American Baptist Mission. With ...
(Burma) – :*Letta, Executive Secretary :*Kooler, Executive Secretary :*Augustus Spurgeon, Executive Secretary :*Caleb Paw, Executive Secretary :*Paul Htoo, Executive Secretary () *
Association of Fundamental Baptist Churches in the Philippines The Association of Fundamental Baptist Churches in the Philippines (AFBCP) is an organization guiding cooperative ministries of Independent Baptist churches on the islands of the Philippines. History The ''Association of Fundamental Baptist Churc ...
– :*Arleen D. Fidel, Chairman (2004–present) ;India *
Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang The Nagaland Baptist Church Council is a Baptist Christian organization based in Nagaland, India. It is affiliated with the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is located in Kohima, th ...
– :*O. Alem, General Secretary () * Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars – :*T. Ch. Immanuel, President (2006–present) :*M. Ashok Kumar, Secretary (2006–present) * Manipur Baptist Convention – :*Vumthang Sitlhou, General Secretary () *
Tripura Baptist Christian Union The Tripura Baptist Christian Union (TBCU) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Tripura, India. It has its head office in Agartala, the state capital. The TBCU is affiliated to the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (APBF) and the Baptist Wor ...
– :*Rajani Kaipeng, General Secretary () ; Eurasia, regional *Euro-Asian Federation of Evangelical Christians-Baptists Unions — :*Alexey Smirnov, President (2012–present) *International Union of Churches of Evangelical Christians-Baptists — :*
Gennadi Kryuchkov Gennadi Konstantinovich Kryuchkov (russian: Геннадий Константинович Крючков, 20 October 1926, Stalingrad, Soviet Union - 15 July 2007, Tula, Russia) was a Russian leader of the Baptist church in the Soviet Union. He was ...
, Chairman (1962–2007) :*Nikolay Antonyuk, Chairman (2008–present) ; Eurasia, national *Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia — Malkhaz Songulashvili, Bishop (present) *
Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists The Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, RUECB (russian: Росси́йский сою́з ева́нгельских христиа́н-бапти́стов, РСЕХБ) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Russia. It is affiliate ...
— :*Peter Konovalchuk, President (1994–2002) :*
Yuri Sipko Yuri Kirillovich Sipko ( rus, Ю́рий Кири́ллович Сипко́; born 28 February 1952) is a Russian Baptist pastor who was vice president of the World Baptist Alliance and president of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Bap ...
, President (2002–2010) :*Alexey Smirnov, President (2010–2018) :*Peter Mickiewicz, President (2018–present) *
Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists of Kazakhstan The Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists of Kazakhstan is a national fellowship of Baptist churches, also known as the ''Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists''. The Union is composed of 256 churches and 252 communities with 9,187 members. ...
— :*Frans G. Tissen, President (present) ;Europe, regional *
European Baptist Federation The European Baptist Federation (EBF) is a federation of 59 Baptist associations and is one of six regional fellowships in the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Amsterdam, Netherlands. History The EBF was founded in Ruschlikon, Swit ...
– :*Tony Peck, General Secretary () *
International Baptist Convention The International Baptist Convention is an association of English-speaking Baptist churches and missions in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Frankfurt. History The Inter ...
– :*Jimmy Martin, General Secretary () ;Europe, national *
Baptist Union of Romania The Union of Christian Baptist Churches in Romania ( ro, Uniunea Bisericilor Creștin Baptiste din România) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Romania. It is affiliated with the Romanian Evangelical Alliance and the Baptist World Alliance. T ...
– :*Paul Negruţ, President (?–2007) :*Otniel Bunaciu, President (2007–present) * Convention of the Hungarian Baptist Churches of Romania – :*Borzási István, President () ;United Kingdom *
Baptist Union of Great Britain Baptists Together (officially The Baptist Union of Great Britain) is a Baptist Christian denomination in England and Wales. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and Churches Together in England. The headquarters is in Didcot. Hi ...
– :*Jonathan Edwards, General Secretary () ;North America ;Canada *
Baptist General Conference of Canada Baptist General Conference of Canada (BGCC) is a national body of evangelical Baptist churches in Canada. The districts cooperate through the General Conference and the national office is located in Edmonton, Alberta. History A church was formed ...
– :*Jamey McDonald, Executive Director () *
Canadian Baptist Ministries Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) or ''Ministères Baptistes Canadiens'' is a federation of four regional Baptist denominations in Canada. The federation is a member of the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarter is in Mississauga, Ontario. Hist ...
– :*Gary Vincent Nelson, General Secretary () *
Canadian Baptists of Western Canada The Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, formerly the Baptist Union of Western Canada, is a moderate Baptist denomination with churches in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Headquarters is in ...
– :*Jan Paasuke, President of the Board () *
Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada (SGF) is a fellowship for Reformed Baptist churches in Canada holding to either the Baptist Confession of 1644 or 1689. History The Fellowship was founded in 1983 by William Payne, pastor of Trinity Baptist ...
– :*Roger Fellows, General Coordinator (2001–NA) :*Mark Hudson, General Coordinator () ;United States *
Alliance of Baptists The Alliance of Baptists is a Baptist Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. The headquarters is in Raleigh, North Carolina. History The Alliance of Baptists was formed in 1987 as the Southern Baptist Alliance by liberal individ ...
– :*Brooks Wicker, President () *
American Baptist Churches USA The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a mainline/evangelical Baptist Christian denomination within the United States. The denomination maintains headquarters in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The organization is usually considered mainli ...
– :*A. Roy Medley, General Secretary () *
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America The Confessional Baptist Association is an association of Reformed Baptist churches in the United States. The headquarters is in Mansfield, Texas. History On November 12–13, 1996, fifteen Reformed Baptist churches met at Heritage Church in Fay ...
– :*Gordon Taylor, Coordinator (2008–present) *
Baptist Bible Fellowship International The Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI) is a conservative Baptist Christian denomination. It is headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. History The Fellowship was founded during a meeting in 1950 at Fort Worth in 1950 by a group of 1 ...
– :*Linzy Slayden, President () *
Baptist General Conference Converge, formerly the Baptist General Conference (BGC) and Converge Worldwide, is an evangelical Baptist Christian denomination in United States introduced by Swedish Baptists that emerged late in the 19th century. It is affiliated with the Bap ...
– :*Jerry Sheveland, President () *
Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty Founded in 1936, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC) is a national faith-based organization which focuses on upholding the historic Baptist principle of religious liberty. With a staff of attorneys, scholars, ministers and mo ...
– :*J. Brent Walker – Executive Director (1999–2016) :*Amanda Tyler - Executive Director (2017–present) *
Baptist Missionary Association of America The Baptist Missionary Association of America (BMAA) is a fellowship of Independent Baptist churches. Historically, churches within the BMAA have generally been associated with theological conservatism and the Landmarkism movement. The associati ...
– :*John David Smith, Executive Director, (2010–present) *
Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America The Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America-Bautistas por la Paz (BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz) is a Baptist Christian denomination. The headquarters is in Charlotte, North Carolina. History The Convention has its origins in the establishment of t ...
– :*Cheryl Dudley, President, (2008–2011) *
Conservative Baptist Association of America Venture Church Network (formerly known as the Conservative Baptist Association of America) is a Christian association of churches in the United States with each local congregation being autonomous and responsible for their own way of functioning. ...
– :*Stephen LeBar, Executive Director (2004–2009) :*Stan Rieb, National Network Facilitator, (2009–present) *
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) is a Baptist Christian denomination in the United States. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Decatur, Georgia. History The Cooperative Baptist Association has its or ...
– :*Daniel Vestal, Coordinator (1996–present) *
Enterprise Association of Regular Baptists The Enterprise Association of Regular Baptists is an association of the Regular Baptist Church. Even though they don't have any other Regular Baptist associations that correspond with them in their yearly meetings, they do correspond with two Uni ...
– :*Eugene Dickerson, Moderator () :*Roger Ball, President () *
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship (FGBCF) or Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International (FGBCFI) is a predominantly African-American Charismatic Baptist denomination established by Bishop Paul Sylvester Morton, a former National ...
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Paul S. Morton Paul Sylvester Morton (born July 30, 1950) is an American Baptist pastor. He is the senior pastor of Changing a Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and co-pastor of Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Or ...
, International Presiding Bishop (1994–present) *
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International The Foundations Baptist Fellowship International (FBFI), formerly the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International, is a fellowship of Independent Fundamental Baptist individuals. History The roots of FBFI can be traced to the Fundamental Fellows ...
– :*John Vaughn, President () *
General Association of General Baptists The General Association of General Baptists is a group of Baptists holding the doctrine of general atonement (that Christ died for all persons), whose membership is located mostly in the Midwestern United States. Though theologically similar to th ...
– :*James Murray, interim Executive Director () *
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches The General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (GARBC), established in 1932 is an Independent Baptist Christian denomination in United States, retaining the name "Regular Baptist". The association's home office is located in Arlington Height ...
– :*John Greening, National Representative () *
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. The National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc., (NBCA Intl or NBCA) more commonly known as the National Baptist Convention of America or sometimes the Boyd Convention, is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is ...
– :*Stephen J. Thurston, President () :*Samuel C. Tolbert, General Secretary () *
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. The National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., more commonly known as the National Baptist Convention (NBC USA or NBC), is a primarily African American Baptist Christian denomination in the United States. It is headquartered at the Baptist World Cen ...
– :*William J. Shaw, President (1999–2009) :* Julius R. Scruggs, President (2009–2014) :*Jerry Young, President (2014–present) *
North American Baptist Conference North American Baptists (NAB) is an association of Baptists in the United States and Canada, generally of German ethnic heritage with roots in Pietism. History The roots of the NAB go back to 1839, when Konrad Anton Fleischmann began work in New J ...
– :*Rob McCleland, Executive Director () * Ohio Valley Christian Baptist Church of God – :*Paul Hagen, General Superintendent () :*Delmar Rogers, General Secretary () *
Progressive National Baptist Convention The Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC), incorporated as the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc., is a mainline predominantly African-American Baptist denomination emphasizing civil rights and social justice. The headquarte ...
– :*General Secretary ::*Walter Parrish III, General Secretary () :*President ::*T. DeWitt Smith, Jr., President (?–2010) ::*Carroll A. Baltimore, President (2010–2014) ::*James C. Perkins, President (2014–present) *
Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination, and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian denomination in the United States. The wor ...
( complete list) – :* James Merritt, President (2000–2002) :* Jack Graham, President (2002–2004) :*Bobby Welch, President (2004–2006) :* Frank S. Page, President (2006–2008) :*
Johnny M. Hunt Johnny M. Hunt (born July 17, 1952) is an American evangelical Christian pastor, author, and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He was also formerly senior pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock, in Woodstock, Georgia. He w ...
, President (2008–2010) :*
Bryant Wright Bryant Wright is a Baptist pastor and author. He served as senior pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia from its founding in 1981 until 2019. He also served as elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) from ...
, President (2010–2011) :*
Fred Luter Fred J. Luter Jr. (born 1956 November 11 in New Orleans) is a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). He was elected on 2012 June 19, and was SBC's first African-American president. According to Southeastern Baptist Theological ...
, President (2012–2014) :*
Ronnie Floyd Ronald Wayne Floyd (born November 11, 1955) is an American religious leader and a former pastor and Southern Baptist executive. Ronnie was the Senior Pastor of Cross Church (formerly called First Baptist Springdale), a Southern Baptist megachu ...
, President (2014–2016) :*
Steve Gaines Steven Earl Gaines (September 14, 1949 – October 20, 1977) was an American musician. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist with rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1976 until his death in the October 1977 airplane crash that claime ...
,President (2016–2018) :* J.D. Greear, President (2018–2021) :*
Ed Litton Harry Edward (Ed) Litton Jr. (born July 17, 1959) is an American evangelical pastor who was the 63rd president of the Southern Baptist Convention, elected in June 2021. He also serves as the senior pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alaba ...
, President (2021–present) *
United American Free Will Baptist Church The United American Free Will Baptist Church is the oldest national body of predominantly black Free Will Baptists in the United States. History The Free Will Baptist Church in America grew up on two separate fronts: North and South. In the So ...
– :*Henry J. Rodmon, General Bishop ()


Holiness

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Christian and Missionary Alliance The Alliance World Fellowship is the international governing body of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (The Alliance, also C&MA and CMA). The Alliance is an evangelical Protestant denomination within the Higher Life movement of Christianity ...
(U.S.) – :*David Rambo, President (–2005) :*Gary Benedict, President (2005–2013) *
Church of the Nazarene The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa within Johnson County, Kansas. With its members co ...
– :* John A. Knight, General Superintendent (1985–2001) :*
William J. Prince William J. Prince (1930 - 2012) was a minister, college president, and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. Prince became the district superintendent for the Pittsburgh District Church of the Nazarene in 1979. After ser ...
, General Superintendent (1989–2001) :* James Diehl, General Superintendent (1993–2009) :* Paul Cunningham, General Superintendent (1993–2009) :* Jerry D. Porter, General Superintendent (1997–2017) :* Jim Bond, General Superintendent (1997–2005) :* W. Talmadge Johnson, General Superintendent (2001–2005) :* Jesse Middendorf, General Superintendent (2001–2013) :* Nina Gunter, General Superintendent (2005–2009) :*
J. K. Warrick J. K. Warrick (born 1945) is a minister and General Superintendent (Church of the Nazarene), general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene. Following nearly 38 years of pastoral ministry, Warrick was elected to the Board of General ...
, General Superintendent (2005–2017) :*
Eugenio Duarte Eugenio Duarte is an ordained minister and 37th General Superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. Born in Cape Verde, Duarte was the first African elected to the General Superintendency in the Church of the Nazarene. His election occurred in ...
, General Superintendent (2009–present) :* David W. Graves, General Superintendent (2009–present) :* Stan Toler, General Superintendent (2009–2017) :* David Busic, General Superintendent (2013–present) :*
Carla Sunberg Carla D. Sunberg (born July 1, 1961) is an American ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene, administrator, academic, author, speaker and former missionary and registered nurse, who is the 2nd woman elected as a General Superintendent in th ...
, General Superintendent (2017–present) *
Pillar of Fire International The Pillar of Fire International, also known as the Pillar of Fire Church, is a Methodist Christianity, Christian denomination with headquarters in Zarephath, New Jersey. The Pillar of Fire Church affirms the Articles of Religion (Methodist), Meth ...
– :* Robert Barney Dallenbach, General Superintendent (2000–2008) :* Joseph Gross, General Superintendent (2008–present) *
Salvation Army Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its c ...
– :* John Gowans,
General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
(1999–2002) :*
John Larsson John Alfred Larsson (2 April 1938 – 18 March 2022) was a Swedish Salvationist, writer and composer of Christian music and hymns, who was the 17th General of The Salvation Army. Biography The son of officer Sture Larsson and Flora Ethel Mild ...
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General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
(2002–2006) :*
Shaw Clifton Shaw Clifton (born 21 September 1945) is a former General of The Salvation Army. He succeeded John Larsson as the 18th General on 2 April 2006. Career Shaw Clifton was born on 21 September 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Clifton was commis ...
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General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
(2006–2011) :*
Linda Bond Linda Bond (born 22 June 1946) is a former General of the Salvation Army; she was the 19th person to hold the position. She was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. After international service and various promotions, she held the post of ...
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General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
(2011–2013) :*
André Cox General André Cox (born 12 July 1954) is the former chief executive officer (CEO) and 20th General of The Salvation Army. He was commissioned as an Officer in The Salvation Army on 25 May 1979. He was elected to the position of General by the ...
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General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
(2013–2018) :*
Brian Peddle General Brian Peddle (born 8 August 1957) is the CEO and 21st General of The Salvation Army since 3 August 2018. He was formerly the 26th Chief of the Staff of The Salvation Army from 1 November 2015 until 3 August 2018 under General André Cox. ...
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General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
(2018–present)


Lutheranism

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Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) is an international fellowship of 34 Confessional Lutheran church bodies. The CELC was founded in 1993 in Oberwesel, Germany with an initial thirteen church bodies. Plenary sessions are hel ...
– :*Steven P. Petersen, President (2008–2011) :*Daniel Koelpin, President (2011–present) *
International Lutheran Council The International Lutheran Council (ILC) is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran denominations. Member bodies of the ILC hold "an unconditional commitment to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God and to the Lu ...
– :*Chairman ::*Ralph Mayan, Chairman (2005–2008) ::*Gerald B. Kieschnick, Chairman (2009–2010) ::*Hans-Jörg Voigt, Chairman (2010–2012) :*Executive Secretary ::*Samuel H. Nafzger, Executive Secretary (2001 or before –present) *
Lutheran World Federation The Lutheran World Federation (LWF; german: Lutherischer Weltbund) is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran denominations headquartered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. The federation was founded in the Swedish ...
– :*Christian Krause (Germany), President (1997–2003) :*
Mark Hanson Mark S. Hanson (born December 2, 1946) is an American bishop who served as the third Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Before being elected presiding bishop, he served as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod as wel ...
(US), President (2003–2010) :*
Munib Younan Munib Younan ( ar, منيب يونان, translit=Munīb Yūnān; born 18 September 1950 in Jerusalem) is a Palestinian Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL). From January 1998 to January 2018 he w ...
(Palestine), President (2010–present) ;Europe *
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELC; Estonian: ''Eesti Evangeelne Luterlik Kirik'', abbreviated EELK) is a Lutheran church in Estonia. EELC is member of the Lutheran World Federation and belongs to the Community of Protestant Church ...
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Jaan Kiivit, Jr Jaan Kiivit Jr. (19 February 1940 – 31 August 2005) was the Archbishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1994 until 2005. Biography Jaan Kiivit was born on 19 February 1940 in Rakvere in Estonia in the family of the priest and ...
, Archbishop (1994–2005) ::*
Andres Põder Andres Põder (born 22 November 1949) is an Estonian clergyman, bishop emeritus and the former archbishop of Tallinn and primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia (EELK) from 2005–2014. Põder is the current president of Estonian C ...
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Urmas Viilma Urmas Viilma (born 13 August 1973) is an Estonian prelate and current archbishop of Tallinn and subsequently Primate of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Biography Viilma was ordained a deacon on 2 May 1993 in St Michael's church in Ke ...
, Archbishop (2015–present) :*''Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia Church Abroad'' ::*
Udo Petersoo Udo is a masculine given name. It may refer to: People Medieval era *Udo of Neustria, 9th century nobleman * Udo (Obotrite prince) (died 1028) * Udo (archbishop of Trier) (c. 1030 – 1078) *Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark (c. 1025 – ...
, Archbishop, (1990–2006) ::* Andres Taul, Archbishop, (2007–2010) ::*
Thomas Vaga Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...
, Acting Bishop (2011–present) *
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko; sv, Evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland) is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church has a legal positio ...
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Jukka Paarma Antti-Jukka Paarma (born 1 December 1942 in Lappeenranta) was the Archbishop of Turku and Finland, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen evankelis-luterilaine ...
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Archbishop of Turku The Archdiocese of Turku ( fi, Turun arkkihiippakunta, sv, Åbo ärkestift), historically known as '' Archdiocese of Åbo'', is the seat of the Archbishop of Turku. It is a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and its see city is ...
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Kari Mäkinen Kari Mäkinen (born 5 January 1955) is the former archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. He was elected the 14th Archbishop of Turku and Finland on 11 March 2010, he was installed on 6 June 2010, and he retired on 1 June 2018. ...
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Archbishop of Turku The Archdiocese of Turku ( fi, Turun arkkihiippakunta, sv, Åbo ärkestift), historically known as '' Archdiocese of Åbo'', is the seat of the Archbishop of Turku. It is a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and its see city is ...
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Tapio Luoma Tapio Juhani Luoma (born 15 June 1962) is a Finnish prelate, who has been the Archbishop of Turku and Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland since 1 June 2018. Biography Born in Kurikka, Luoma was ordained priest in 1987. He acqu ...
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Archbishop of Turku The Archdiocese of Turku ( fi, Turun arkkihiippakunta, sv, Åbo ärkestift), historically known as '' Archdiocese of Åbo'', is the seat of the Archbishop of Turku. It is a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and its see city is ...
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Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...
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Harald V of Norway Harald V ( no, Harald den femte, ; born 21 February 1937) is King of Norway. He acceded to the throne on 17 January 1991. Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the lin ...
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King of Norway The Norwegian monarch is the head of state of Norway, which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. The Norwegian monarchy can trace its line back to the reign of Harald Fairhair and the previous petty kingdoms ...
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Swedish Church The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden ...
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Karl Gustav Hammar Karl Gustav Hilding Hammar, commonly referred to as K. G. Hammar, (born 18 February 1943) is a Swedish clergyman. He was Archbishop of Uppsala, primate of the Church of Sweden, from 1997 to 2006. During his tenure as archbishop he was a highly div ...
, Lutheran Primate of Sweden (1997–2006) :*
Anders Wejryd Anders Harald Wejryd (born 8 August 1948) is a Swedish Lutheran clergyman. Having been Bishop of Växjö since 1995, he was elected Archbishop of Uppsala and primate of the Church of Sweden in March 2006 and took office in September of the same ...
, Lutheran Primate of Sweden (2006–2014) :*
Antje Jackelén Antje Jackelén (; born 4 June 1955) is archbishop emerita and primate emerita (''prima inter pares'') of the Church of Sweden, the national church. On 15 October 2013, she was elected the 70th Archbishop of Uppsala and formally received through ...
, Lutheran Primate of Sweden (2014–present) ;North America *
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.8 million members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. The LC ...
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Alvin L. Barry Alvin L. Barry (August 4, 1931, Woodbine, Iowa – March 23, 2001, St. Louis, Missouri) was the 10th president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is a traditio ...
, President (1992–2001) :* Robert T. Kuhn, President (2001) :*
Gerald B. Kieschnick Gerald Bryan Kieschnick (born January 29, 1943, in Houston, Texas) is the Chief Executive Officer of Legacy Deo (formerly known as the Lutheran Foundation of Texas). Kieschnick served as the 12th president of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Syno ...
, President (2001–2010) :*
Matthew C. Harrison Matthew Carl Harrison (born March 14, 1962 in Sioux City, Iowa) is the 13th and current president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. He was first elected to the presidency on July 13, 2010 at the synod's 64th regular convention in Housto ...
, President (2010–present) *
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant Lutheran church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. , it has approxim ...
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Mark Hanson Mark S. Hanson (born December 2, 1946) is an American bishop who served as the third Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Before being elected presiding bishop, he served as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod as wel ...
Presiding Bishop (2001–2013) :*
Elizabeth Eaton Elizabeth Amy Eaton (born April 2, 1955) is the fourth Presiding Bishop, and the first female Presiding Bishop, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). She was first elected to this post in 2013 and was re-elected for a second term ...
Presiding Bishop (2013–present) *
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) is an association of Lutheran congregations located primarily in the United States. It describes itself as an affiliation of autonomous Lutheran churches and not a denomination. It began in 2001 ...
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Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), also referred to simply as the Wisconsin Synod, is an American Confessional Lutheran denomination of Christianity. Characterized as theologically conservative, it was founded in 1850 in Milwaukee ...
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC; french: Église évangélique luthérienne au Canada) is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 95,000 baptized members in 519 congregations, with the second largest, the Lutheran Church–C ...
– :*Telmor Sartison, National Bishop (1993–2001) :* Raymond Schultz, National Bishop (2001–2007) :* Susan Johnson, National Bishop (2007–present)


Methodism

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African Methodist Episcopal Church The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Black church, predominantly African American Methodist Religious denomination, denomination. It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology and has a connexionalism, c ...
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Chinese Methodist Church in Australia The Chinese Methodist Church in Australia is based in Melbourne. The theology of the Church is in line with Methodism worldwide. It is Wesleyan in theology and its liturgy contains both traditional and contemporary services. The Church was star ...
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Free Methodist Church in Canada The Free Methodist Church is a denomination of Methodism, which is a branch of Protestantism. It was founded in 1860 in New York by a group, led by B. T. Roberts, who was defrocked in the Methodist Episcopal Church for criticisms of the spiritual ...
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Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas The Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippine Islands ( es, Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas) is a Methodist Christian denomination. Founded on 28 February 1909 by Bishop Nicolás Zamora, it is recognised in the Philippine ...
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Methodist Church Ghana The Methodist Church Ghana is one of the largest and oldest mainline Protestant denominations in Ghana. It traces its roots back to the landing of the Rev. Joseph Dunwell on 1 January 1835 in Cape Coast, in the Gold Coast (now Ghana). The Re ...
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Methodist Church in Malaysia The Methodist Church in Malaysia is a body within the Methodist tradition in Malaysia. With approximately 200,000 members in more than 1034 congregations (local and preaching points), it is the second largest Protestant denomination in the cou ...
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Methodist Church of Southern Africa The Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) is a large Wesleyan Methodist denomination, with local churches across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini, and a more limited presence in Mozambique. It is a member church of the Wo ...
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United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelical ...
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Gregory V. Palmer Gregory Vaughn Palmer (born August 8, 1954) is an American bishop of The United Methodist Church, elected in 2000. He was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Herbert Palmer, is also a United Methodist pastor. Education He ...
, President of the Council of Bishops (2008–2010) :*
Larry M. Goodpaster Larry Martin Goodpaster (born April 23, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 2000. Birth and family Goodpaster was born April 23, 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee. He married Deborah Cox on September 26, 19 ...
, President of the Council of Bishops (2010–2012) :*Rosemarie Wenner, President of the Council of Bishops (2012–2014) :*Warner Brown, President of the Council of Bishops (2014–present)


Pentecostalism

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World Assemblies of God Fellowship The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...
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Thomas E. Trask Thomas E. Trask was the 11th General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God from 1993 to 2007. Early life and ministry His parents, Waldo and Beatrice Trask, were Assemblies of God ministers. Waldo and Beatrice dedicated their lives to their re ...
, Chairman (2000–2008) :*
George O. Wood George O. Wood (September 1, 1941 – January 12, 2022) was an American Pentecostal minister. He served in executive leadership of the U.S. Assemblies of God for 24 years in the roles of general secretary and general superintendent. From 2007 un ...
, Chairman (2008–2022) * Assemblies of God, United States – :*
Thomas E. Trask Thomas E. Trask was the 11th General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God from 1993 to 2007. Early life and ministry His parents, Waldo and Beatrice Trask, were Assemblies of God ministers. Waldo and Beatrice dedicated their lives to their re ...
, General superintendent (1993–2007) :*
George O. Wood George O. Wood (September 1, 1941 – January 12, 2022) was an American Pentecostal minister. He served in executive leadership of the U.S. Assemblies of God for 24 years in the roles of general secretary and general superintendent. From 2007 un ...
, General superintendent (2007–2017) :*
Doug E. Clay Doug is a male personal name (or, depending on which definition of "personal name" one uses, part of a personal name). It is sometimes a given name (or "first name"), but more often it is hypocorism (affectionate variation of a personal name) whic ...
, General superintendent (2017–present) *
Grace Communion International Grace Communion International (GCI), formerly named the Radio Church of God and Worldwide Church of God, is a Christian denomination with 30,000 members in about 550 churches spread across 70 countries. The denomination is structured in the episc ...
(until 2009, called the
Worldwide Church of God Worldwide may refer to: * Pertaining to the entire world * Worldwide (rapper) (born 1986), American rapper * Pitbull (rapper) (born 1981), also known as Mr. Worldwide, American rapper * ''Worldwide'' (Audio Adrenaline album), 2003 * ''Worldwide' ...
from 1968 to 2009) – :*
Joseph Tkach, Jr. Joseph Tkach Jr. is an American minister and formerly president of Grace Communion International, an evangelical Protestant denomination based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tkach also hosted the weekly web-series "Speaking of LIFE". Since assuming ...
, President and pastor general (1995–present) *
New Apostolic Church The New Apostolic Church (NAC) is a Christian denomination, Christian church that split from the Catholic Apostolic Church during an 1863 schism in Hamburg, Germany. The church has existed since 1863 in Germany and since 1897 in the Ne ...
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Richard Fehr Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
, Chief apostle (1988–2005) :*
Wilhelm Leber Wilhelm Leber (born July 20, 1947) is a German mathematician and formerly chief apostle in the New Apostolic Church. Life Wilhelm Leber was born in Herford in Westphalia. In 1975 he earned his doctorate in mathematics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe ...
, Chief apostle (2005–2013) :*
Jean-Luc Schneider Jean-Luc Schneider (born 18 September 1959) is the Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church. He succeeded Wilhelm Leber Wilhelm Leber (born July 20, 1947) is a German mathematician and formerly chief apostle in the New Apostolic Church. Life Wilh ...
(2013–present)


Presbyterianism

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Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Scottish Reformation, Reformation of 1560, when it split from t ...
( complete list) — :* John Miller, Moderator of the General Assembly (2001) :* Finlay Macdonald, Moderator of the General Assembly (2002) :*
Iain Torrance Iain Richard Torrance, (born 13 January 1949) is a retired Church of Scotland minister, theologian and academic. He is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, Honorary Professor of Early Christian Doctrine and Ethics at the University o ...
, Moderator of the General Assembly (2003) :*
Alison Elliot Alison Elliot CBE FRSE (born 27 November 1948) is an honorary fellow at New College, Edinburgh. She was the former Associate Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2004 she became the ...
, Moderator of the General Assembly (2004) :*
David Lacy David William Lacy DL (born 26 April 1952) is a minister of the Church of Scotland. He was the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2005-6. Background and Career Lacy was born in Inverness on 26 April 1952, attended Abe ...
, Moderator of the General Assembly (2005) :* Alan McDonald, Moderator of the General Assembly (2006) :*
Sheilagh M. Kesting Sheilagh Kesting (born 10 June 1953) is a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland. She served as Moderator of the General Assembly from May 2007 to May 2008. She was the first female minister to be elected Moderator; she was the second woma ...
, Moderator of the General Assembly (2007) :* David W. Lunan, Moderator of the General Assembly (2008) :* William C. Hewitt, Moderator of the General Assembly (2009) :* John Christie, Moderator of the General Assembly (2010) :* A. David K. Arnott, Moderator of the General Assembly (2011) :* Albert O. Bogle, Moderator of the General Assembly (2012) :*
Lorna Hood Elizabeth Lorna Hood, (born 21 April 1953) is a minister of the Church of Scotland. From 1979 to 2016, she was the Minister of North Parish Church, Renfrew. From 2013 to 2014, she also served as Moderator of its General Assembly. Early life ...
, Moderator of the General Assembly (2013) :* John Chalmers, Moderator of the General Assembly (2014) *
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) The Presbyterian Church (USA), abbreviated PC(USA), is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States. It is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the US, and known for its liberal stance on doctrine and its ordaining of women and ...
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Syngman Rhee Syngman Rhee (, ; 26 March 1875 – 19 July 1965) was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. Rhee was also the first and last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Ko ...
, Moderator of the General Assembly (2000–2001) :* Jack Rogers, Moderator of the General Assembly (2001–2002) :* Fahed Abu-Akel, Moderator of the General Assembly (2002–2003) :*
Susan R. Andrews Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...
, Moderator of the General Assembly (2003–2004) :* Rick Ufford-Chase, Moderator of the General Assembly (2004–2006) :*
Joan Gray Joan S. Gray was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA) at the 217th General Assembly on June 15, 2006. As moderator, she served as the presiding officer of the week-long General Assembly meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, followed by a t ...
, Moderator of the General Assembly (2006–2008) :*
Bruce Reyes-Chow Bruce Reyes-Chow is an American Teaching Elder (minister) of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Reyes-Chow received his BA in Asian American Studies, Sociology and Religion from San Francisco State University in 1990 and received his Masters of Divin ...
, Moderator of the General Assembly (2008–2010) :*
Cynthia Bolbach Cynthia Bolbach (December 27, 1947December 12, 2012) was the Moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Bolbach was elected as Moderator on July 3, 2010 from a field of six candidates. Of the candidates, Bolbach w ...
, Moderator of the General Assembly (2010–2012) :* Neal Presa, Moderator of the General Assembly (2012–2014)


Other protestant

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Seventh-day Adventists The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventism, Adventist Protestantism, Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the Names of the days of the week#Numbered days of the week, seventh day of the ...
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Jan Paulsen Dr. Jan Paulsen is a Seventh-day Adventist Church leader. Paulsen has served in Africa, Europe and America. He was president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists from March 1999 to June 2010. Presidential service Paulsen was re ...
, General Conference President (1999–2010) :*
Ted N. C. Wilson Theodore Norman Clair "Ted N. C." Wilson (born May 10, 1950) is List of Presidents of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, General Conference (GC) of the Seventh-day Adve ...
, General Conference President (2010–present) *
General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (GAUFCC or colloquially British Unitarians) is the umbrella organisation for Unitarian, Free Christians, and other liberal religious congregations in the United Kingdom and Irelan ...
(UK) : Liz Slade, Chief Officer (2019–present) *
Uniting Church in Australia The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was founded on 22 June 1977, when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Union ...
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Dean Drayton Rodney Dean Drayton (born 1941Dean Drayton
, President (2003–2006) ::* Gregor Henderson, President (2006–2009) ::*
Alistair Macrae Alistair Macrae (born 1957) is an ordained Christian minister of the Uniting Church in Australia and was formerly a moderator of the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, and President of the National Assembly. Early life and education Macrae is ...
, President (2009–2012) ::*
Andrew Dutney Reverend Professor Andrew Fergus Dutney ( ; born 9 July 1958) is a Christian scholar, writer, and musician. He is a Professor within the College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University. He is the former principal of Uniting ...
, President (2012–2015) ::*
Stuart McMillan Stuart McMillan (born 6 May 1972) is a Scottish politician serving as Convener of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) ...
, President (2015–2018) ::*
Deidre Palmer Deidre Palmer was the President of the Uniting Church in Australia from 8 July 2018 until 17 July 2021. She is a counsellor, theologian, and social worker. She was the Moderator of the Uniting Church's Synod of South Australia from 2013 to 2016 ...
, President (2018–2021) ::*
Sharon Hollis Sharon Hollis is an Australian Minister and the 16th President of the Uniting Church in Australia. Early years Hollis grew up from 8-13 in Keilor Park in Melbourne, Victoria. From 13, the family lived in Finley, a town in the Riverina region ...
, President (2021–present) :*General Secretary ::* Gregor Henderson, General Secretary (1989–2001) ::* Terence Corkin, General Secretary (2001–2015) ::* Colleen Geyer, General Secretary (2016–present) *
United Church of Canada The United Church of Canada (french: link=no, Église unie du Canada) is a mainline Protestant denomination that is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in Canada and the second largest Canadian Christian denomination after the Catholi ...
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Marion Pardy Marion Pardy (born May 9, 1942), a diaconal minister and author, was the 37th Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 2000 to 2003. Early life Pardy was born in Gander, Newfoundland. In 1961, at age 19, she moved to Belleville, Ontario to ...
, Moderator (2000–2003) :* Peter Short, Moderator (2003–2006) :*
David Giuliano David W. Giuliano (born May 16, 1960) was the 39th Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 2006 to 2009. Early life and education Giuliano grew up in Windsor, Ontario, in his words, "a descendant of deeply faithful Southern Ontario Quakers ...
, Moderator (2006–2009) :*
Mardi Tindal Mardi Tindal (born 1952) was the 40th Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 2009–2012, only the fourth layperson to take the post since the church was formed in 1925. Early life and vocation Tindal was raised in the rural village of Vic ...
, Moderator (2009–2012) :*
Gary Paterson Gary J. Paterson (born 1949) was the Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 2012 to 2015. He was the first openly gay person to take the post since the church was formed in 1925 and the first in the world to lead a major Christian denomina ...
, Moderator (2012–2015) :*
Jordan Cantwell Jordan Cantwell (born 1967) was the Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 2015 to 2018. She was ordained as a minister of the United Church in 2010, and was elected to the position of Moderator at the 42nd General Council of the church in ...
, Moderator (2015–2018) :*
Richard Bott Richard Bott (born 1968) is a minister of the United Church of Canada who served as the 43rd Moderator of that church from 2018 to 2022. Early life and education Bott was born in Marathon, Ontario and grew up there. Following graduation fro ...
, Moderator (2018–present)


Anglicanism


Provinces of the Anglican Communion

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Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...
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Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
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Supreme Governor of the Church of England The supreme governor of the Church of England is the titular head of the Church of England, a position which is vested in the British monarch. Queen and Church > Queen and Church of England">The Monarchy Today > Queen and State > Queen and Chur ...
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Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...
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Supreme Governor of the Church of England The supreme governor of the Church of England is the titular head of the Church of England, a position which is vested in the British monarch. Queen and Church > Queen and Church of England">The Monarchy Today > Queen and State > Queen and Chur ...
(2022-present) :*Effective leadership, ( complete list) – ::*
George Carey George Leonard Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton (born 13 November 1935) is a retired Anglican bishop who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, having previously been the Bishop of Bath and Wells. During his time as archbishop the Ch ...
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Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
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Rowan Williams Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, (born 14 June 1950) is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet. He was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, a position he held from December 2002 to December 2012. Previously the Bish ...
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Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
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Justin Welby Justin Portal Welby (born 6 January 1956) is a British bishop who is the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury. He has served in that role since 2013. Welby was previously the vicar of Southam, Warwickshire, and then Bishop of Durham, serving for jus ...
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Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
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Anglican Church of Australia The Anglican Church of Australia, formerly known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, is a Christian church in Australia and an autonomous church of the Anglican Communion. It is the second largest church in Australia after the R ...
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Peter Carnley Peter Frederick Carnley (born 17 October 1937) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop and author. He was the Archbishop of Perth from 1981 to 2005 and Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia from 2000 until May 2005. He ordained the fir ...
, Primate (2000–2005) ::*
Phillip Aspinall Phillip John Aspinall (born 17 December 1959) is an Australian Anglican bishop. He has been the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane since February 2002 and was also the Anglican Primate of Australia, ...
, Primate (2005–2014) ::*
Philip Freier Philip Leslie Freier (born 9 February 1955) is an Australian Anglican bishop. He has been the 13th Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, Archbishop of Melbourne since 16 December 2006. He served as Anglican Primate of Australia, Primate of Australia ...
, Primate (2014–2020) ::* Geoffrey Smith, Primate (2020–present) *
Anglican Church of Canada The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC or ACoC) is the Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French-language name is ''l'Église anglicane du Canada''. In 2017, the Anglican Church co ...
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Fred Hiltz Frederick James Hiltz (born 3 December 1953) is a Canadian retired Anglican bishop. From 2007 to 2019, he served as Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. Early life and education Hiltz was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where he was also r ...
, Primate (2007–2019) ::*
Linda Nicholls Linda Carol Nicholls (born 1954) is a Canadian Anglican bishop who has served as Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada since 2019. She was previously Bishop of Huron from 2016 to 2019 and a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Toronto ...
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Episcopal Church in the United States of America The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop o ...
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Frank Griswold Frank Tracy Griswold III (born September 18, 1937) is a retired American bishop. He was the 25th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. Early life and education Griswold was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He was educated at St. Paul's Sc ...
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Katharine Jefferts Schori Katharine Jefferts Schori (born March 26, 1954) is the former Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Previously elected as the 9th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada, she was the first woman elected ...
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Michael B. Curry Michael Bruce Curry (born March 13, 1953) is an American bishop who is the List of presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 27th and current presiding bishop and Primates in the Anglican Communion, primate of The ...
, Presiding Bishop (2016–present) :*George L.W. Werner, President of the House of Deputies (2000–present)


Continuing Anglicanism

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Anglican Orthodox Church The Orthodox Anglican Communion (OAC) is a communion of churches established in 1964 or 1967, by James Parker Dees. The AOC was formed outside of the See of Canterbury; the OAC is not part of the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Orthodox Communio ...
– Jerry L. Ogles, Presiding Bishop (2003–present) *
Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas The Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas (FACA) is an association of six Continuing Anglican jurisdictions with nearly 600 parishes in the New World. The Federation, which was founded in 2006 to enable a closer association of the ...
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Anglican Church in America The Anglican Church in America (ACA) is a Continuing Anglican church body and the United States branch of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC). The ACA, which is separate from The Episcopal Church, is not a member of the Anglican Communion ...
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Louis Falk Louis Wahl Falk III (born December 30, 1935) is the President of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America. Until 2002 he was the primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, an international body of continuing Anglican churches. ...
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Louis Falk Louis Wahl Falk III (born December 30, 1935) is the President of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America. Until 2002 he was the primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, an international body of continuing Anglican churches. ...
, President of the House of Bishops (2005–present) :*
Anglican Province of America The Anglican Province of America (APA) is a Continuing Anglican church in the United States. The church was founded by former members of the Episcopal Church in the United States in order to follow what they consider to be a more truly Christian, ...
– Walter Grundorf, Presiding Bishop (early 1990s–present) :*
Diocese of the Holy Cross The Diocese of the Holy Cross (DHC) is a constituent diocese of the Anglican Catholic Church, a continuing Anglican church body in the United States. Unlike most dioceses, it is not geographically defined. History The DHC was formed by clergy an ...
– Paul C. Hewett, Diocesan Bishop (2006–present) :*
Episcopal Missionary Church The Episcopal Missionary Church (EMC) is a Continuing Anglican church body in the United States and a member of the Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas. Its founding in the early 1990s can be traced to the protests of members of The ...
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William Millsaps William Wesley Millsaps (born December 19, 1939) is a Continuing Anglican bishop. He is bishop of the Episcopal Missionary Church. He is the rector of Christ Church in Monteagle, Tennessee, and Presiding bishop of the Episcopal Missionary Chur ...
, Presiding Bishop (2000–2005) ::*Council Nedd II, Presiding Bishop (2005–present) :*
Reformed Episcopal Church The Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) is an Anglican church of evangelical Episcopalian heritage. It was founded in 1873 in New York City by George David Cummins, a former bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The REC is a founding member of ...
– Leonard W. Riches, Presiding Bishop (1996–present) *
Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans The Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (branded as GAFCON or Gafcon) is a global network of conservative Anglican churches that formed in 2008 in response to an ongoing theological crisis in the worldwide Anglican Communion. Conservative ...
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Eliud Wabukala Eliud Wamukekhe Wabukala (born in Bungoma West District, 1951) is a Kenyan Anglican Archbishop notable as a leader in the Anglican realignment. He is Bishop of the Diocese of All Saints Cathedral and the fifth Primate of the Anglican Church of K ...
, Chairman (2008–present) :*
Anglican Church in North America The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is a Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition in the United States and Canada. It also includes ten congregations in Mexico, two mission churches in Guatemala, and a missionary diocese in Cuba ...
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Foley Beach Foley Thomas Beach (born October 31, 1958) is an American bishop. He is the second primate and archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, a church associated with the Anglican realignment movement. Foley was elected as the church's prima ...
,Primate (2014–present) :*
Church of England in South Africa The Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa (REACH-SA), known until 2013 as the Church of England in South Africa (CESA), is a Christian denomination in South Africa. It was constituted in 1938 as a federation of churches. It appo ...
– ::*Frank J. Retief, Presiding Bishop (2000–2010) ::*Desmond Inglesby, Presiding Bishop (2010–present) *
North American Anglican Conference The North American Anglican Conference (NAAC) is a federation of Continuing Anglican church bodies in the United States and Canada. It was founded on August 15, 2008, by an assembly of bishops, clergy, and laity gathered in Romulus, Michigan, for ...
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Anglican Episcopal Church The Anglican Episcopal Church (AEC) was a Continuing Anglican church consisting of parishes in Arizona, Alaska, and Florida served by a presiding bishop and several other clergy. The AEC was founded at St. George's Anglican Church in Ventura, Cali ...
– ::*Reginald Hammond, Presiding Bishop (2000–2004) ::*George Connor, Presiding Bishop (2006–present) :*
Diocese of the Great Lakes The Diocese of the Great Lakes (DGL) is a Continuing Anglican church body in the United States and Canada. Its worship centers and clergy are currently located in the American Great Lakes states and the Canadian Province of Ontario. The DGL u ...
– ::*Julius A. Neeser, Bishop Ordinary (1998–2002) ::*David T. Hustwick, Bishop Ordinary (2002–present) *
Orthodox Anglican Communion The Orthodox Anglican Communion (OAC) is a communion of churches established in 1964 or 1967, by James Parker Dees. The AOC was formed outside of the See of Canterbury; the OAC is not part of the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Orthodox Communio ...
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Scott Earle McLaughlin Scott Earle McLaughlin was the presiding bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church, metropolitan archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion, and chancellor of Saint Andrew's Theological College and Seminary. On 1 May 1999, McLaughlin was consecr ...
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Creighton Jones T. Creighton Jones was the Presiding Bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. His apostolic succession is Anglican, Old Catholic, and Orthodox.
, Metropolitan Archbishop (2012–2015) ::* Thomas Gordon, Metropolitan Archbishop (2015–present) :*
Orthodox Anglican Church The Orthodox Anglican Communion (OAC) is a communion of churches established in 1964 or 1967, by James Parker Dees. The AOC was formed outside of the See of Canterbury; the OAC is not part of the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Orthodox Communion ...
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Scott Earle McLaughlin Scott Earle McLaughlin was the presiding bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church, metropolitan archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion, and chancellor of Saint Andrew's Theological College and Seminary. On 1 May 1999, McLaughlin was consecr ...
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Creighton Jones T. Creighton Jones was the Presiding Bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. His apostolic succession is Anglican, Old Catholic, and Orthodox.
, Presiding Bishop (2012–2015) ::* Thomas Gordon, Presiding Bishop (2015–present) *
Traditional Anglican Communion The Traditional Anglican Church (TAC), formerly the Traditional Anglican Communion, is an international church consisting of national provinces in the continuing Anglican movement, independent of the Anglican Communion and the Archbishop of Cante ...
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Louis Falk Louis Wahl Falk III (born December 30, 1935) is the President of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America. Until 2002 he was the primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, an international body of continuing Anglican churches. ...
, Primate (1991–2002) ::*
John Hepworth John Anthony Hepworth (23 March 1944 – 1 December 2021) was an Australian bishop. He was the ordinary of the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia and the archbishop and primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, an international body of ...
, Primate (2002–2012) ::*
Samuel Prakash Samuel Peter Prakash is an Indian bishop. He is the current archbishop and metropolitan of the Anglican Church of India (CIBC), a continuing Anglican church which is part of the Traditional Anglican Communion and outside of the Anglican Communi ...
, Primate (2012–present) :*
Anglican Catholic Church in Australia The Anglican Catholic Church in Australia (ACCA) is the regional jurisdiction of the Traditional Anglican Church for Australia. The former bishop ordinary of the ACCA, John Hepworth, was also the primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion ...
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John Hepworth John Anthony Hepworth (23 March 1944 – 1 December 2021) was an Australian bishop. He was the ordinary of the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia and the archbishop and primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, an international body of ...
, Archbishop (1998–2012) ::* Michael Pope, Archbishop (2013–present) :*
Anglican Catholic Church of Canada The Anglican Catholic Church of Canada (ACCC) (french: Église Catholique Anglicane du Canada) is a Continuing Anglican church that was founded in 1979 by traditional Anglicans who had separated from the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC). The ACCC h ...
– ::*Robert Mercer, Bishop and Metropolitan (1988–2005) ::*Peter Wilkinson, Bishop and Metropolitan (2005–present) :*
Anglican Church of India The Anglican Church of India (ACI) is a union of independent Anglican churches in India. It is not currently a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion whose titular leader is the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1947, the Church of South Ind ...
– Stephen Vattappara, Metropolitan Bishop (1990–present) :*
Anglican Church in America The Anglican Church in America (ACA) is a Continuing Anglican church body and the United States branch of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC). The ACA, which is separate from The Episcopal Church, is not a member of the Anglican Communion ...
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Louis Falk Louis Wahl Falk III (born December 30, 1935) is the President of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America. Until 2002 he was the primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, an international body of continuing Anglican churches. ...
, Primate (1991–2005) ::*
Louis Falk Louis Wahl Falk III (born December 30, 1935) is the President of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America. Until 2002 he was the primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, an international body of continuing Anglican churches. ...
, President of the House of Bishops (2005–present) *
United Episcopal Church of North America The United Episcopal Church of North America (UECNA) is a church in the Anglican tradition and is part of the Continuing Anglican movement. It is not part of the Anglican Communion. The UECNA describes itself as "embracing the broad base of cere ...
– ::* Stephen C. Reber, Presiding Bishop (1996–2010) ::* Peter D. Robinson, Presiding Bishop (2010–present)


Other Christian or Christian-derived faiths

* Believers Eastern Church – :* Athanasius Yohan I,
Metropolitan Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a typ ...
(1993–present) * Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ International :*
María Luisa Piraquive María Luisa Piraquive (Chipata, Santander, February 10, 1949), Maria Luisa Piraquive Corredor, is a Colombian educator with a bachelor's degree in Hispanic Philology and a Doctorate (Honorary degree) in International Law. She is a singer, ph ...
, World Leader (1996–present) *
Assyrian Church of the East The Assyrian Church of the East,, ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية sometimes called Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East,; ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية الرسول ...
– :* Mar Dinkha IV, Patriarch (1976–2015) :* Mar Gerwargis III, Patriarch (2015–2021) :* Mar Awa III, Patriarch (2021–present) *
Ancient Church of the East The Ancient Church of the East is an Eastern Christian denomination. It branched from the Assyrian Church of the East in 1964, under the leadership of Mar Thoma Darmo (d. 1969). It is one of three Assyrian Churches that claim continuity with the ...
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Mar Addai II Mar, mar or MAR may refer to: Culture * Mar or Mor, an honorific in Syriac * Earl of Mar, an earldom in Scotland * MAA (singer) (born 1986), Japanese * Marathi language, by ISO 639-2 language code * March, as an abbreviation for the third month ...
, Patriarch (1972–2022) :*
Yacob III Daniel Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Jacob in Islam, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel (name), Israel, is regarded as a Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religi ...
, Patriarch (2022-present) *
Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, often shortened to Mar Thoma Church, and known also as the Reformed Syrian ChurchS. N. Sadasivan. A Social History of India'. APH Publishing; 2000. . p. 442. and the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar ...
– :* Philipose Mar Chrysostym Mar Thoma,
Marthoma Metropolitan Mar Thoma Metropolitan, also known as Malankara Syrian Metropolitan or Malankara Metropolitan, is the title which is given to the Supreme Head of the Malankara Church. The Malankara Church was split into different factions over the years. However t ...
(1999–2007) :*
Joseph Mar Thoma Joseph Mar Thoma XXI (27 June 1931 – 18 October 2020) ( syr, ܡܺܝܛܪܳܦܽܠܶܝܬܳܐ ܕܟܽܘܪܣܝܳܐ ܫܠܺܝܚܳܝܳܐ ܕܡܰܠܰܒܰܪ ܐܰܒܽܘܢ ܝܰܘܣܶܝܦ ܡܳܪܝ̱ ܬܳܐܘܡܳܐ܀) was the 21st Mar Thoma Syrian Church Met ...
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Marthoma Metropolitan Mar Thoma Metropolitan, also known as Malankara Syrian Metropolitan or Malankara Metropolitan, is the title which is given to the Supreme Head of the Malankara Church. The Malankara Church was split into different factions over the years. However t ...
(2007–2020) :* Theodosius Mar Thoma,
Marthoma Metropolitan Mar Thoma Metropolitan, also known as Malankara Syrian Metropolitan or Malankara Metropolitan, is the title which is given to the Supreme Head of the Malankara Church. The Malankara Church was split into different factions over the years. However t ...
(2020–present) *
Members Church of God International Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in ...
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Eliseo Soriano Eliseo "Eli" Fernando Soriano (; April 4, 1947 – February 10, 2021) was a Filipino preacher and televangelist. He was the "Overall Servant" ( Tagalog: ''Lingkod Pangkalahatan,'' formerly called "Presiding Minister") of the Members Church of ...
, Presiding Minister (1977–2021) :* Daniel Soriano Razon, Presiding Minister (2021-present) *
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...
( complete list) – :*
Gordon B. Hinckley Gordon Bitner Hinckley (June 23, 1910 – January 27, 2008) was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from March 1995 until his death in January 200 ...
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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
(1995–2008) :*
Thomas S. Monson Thomas Spencer Monson (August 21, 1927 – January 2, 2018) was an American religious leader, author, and the 16th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). As president, he was considered by adherents of the re ...
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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
(2008–2018) :*
Russell M. Nelson Russell Marion Nelson Sr. (born September 9, 1924) is an American religious leader and retired surgeon who is the 17th and current president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Nelson was a member of the LDS Church ...
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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
(2018–present) * Iglesia ni Cristo – :*
Eraño Manalo Eraño de Guzman Manalo (; January 2, 1925 – August 31, 2009Executive Minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, ...
(1963–2009) :*
Eduardo V. Manalo Eduardo Villanueva Manalo (; born October 31, 1955, in Quezon City, Philippines) also known as Ka Erdy is the current Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC). He is the third generation of the Manalo family to lead the church following ...
, Executive Minister (2009–present) *
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
– :* Robert W. Edgar, General Secretary (1999–2007) :* Michael Kinnamon, General Secretary (2007–2011) :* Peg Birk, General Secretary (2012–2013) :*
Jim Winkler James Winkler is the President and General Secretary of the National Council of Churches. As President and General Secretary, he speaks for the council, works with staff, board members, Christian and interfaith leaders and is responsible for provi ...
, General Secretary (2014–present) *
Unification Church The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists, or "Moonies". It was officially founded on 1 May 1954 under the name Holy Spi ...
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Sun Myung Moon Sun Myung Moon (; born Yong Myung Moon; 6 January 1920 – 3 September 2012) was a Korean religious leader, also known for his business ventures and support for conservative political causes. A messiah claimant, he was the founder of the Unif ...
, 'True Father' (1953–2012) :*
Hak Ja Han Hak Ja Han (Korean: 한학자, Hanja: 韓鶴子) (born January 6, 1943, lunar calendar which is February 10, 1943, Gregorian) is a Korean religious leader. Her late husband Sun Myung Moon was the founder of the Unification movement, also known ...
, 'True Mother'/Acting Leader (2012–present) *
World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most juri ...
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Konrad Raiser Konrad Raiser (born 25 January 1938) is a former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC). Biography Born in Magdeburg, Germany on 25 January 1938, Raiser spent his childhood in Schwerin, Göttingen and Bad Godesberg. After gra ...
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General Secretary Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived ...
(1993–2003) :*
Samuel Kobia Samuel Kobia (born March 20, 1947 in Miathene, Meru, Kenya), is a Methodist clergyman and the first African to be elected General Secretary (2004–2009) of the World Council of Churches (WCC), a worldwide fellowship of 349 global, regional and l ...
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General Secretary Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived ...
(2004–2009) :*
Olav Fykse Tveit Olav Fykse Tveit (born 24 November 1960) is a Norwegian Lutheran theologian and bishop, and the current Preses of the Bishops' Conference of the Church of Norway. He was elected to the post of general secretary of the World Council of Churches ...
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General Secretary Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived ...
(2010–present)


Hinduism

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Ramanandi Sampradaya The Ramanandi (IAST ), also known as Ramavats (IAST ), are a branch of the Vaishnava Sri Sampradaya of Hinduism. Ramananda sect is the largest sect of Vaishnavas, out of 52 gates of Vaishnavism, 36 are held by Ramanandi's. They mainly emphasi ...
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Rambhadracharya Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (born Pandit Giridhar on 14 January 1950) is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwrigh ...
, Jagadguru Acharya (1988–present) *
Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha The Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS), , colloquially known as the Maha Sabha, is the largest and most influential Hindu organization in Trinidad and Tobago. It operates 150 mandirs, over 50 schools, and has its own radio station, Radio Jaagrit ...
— :*Krishna Maharaj (1986–2003) :*Uttam Maharaj (2005–2018) :*
Rampersad Parasram Rampersad Parasram (; born 27 May 1944) is the current Dharmacharya of Trinidad and Tobago and is a religious leader, medical doctor, and politician in Trinidad and Tobago. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Parasram, Rampersad 1944 births Living ...
, Dharmacharya (2019–present).


Gaudiya Vaishnavism

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Gaudiya Mission The Gaudiya Mission ( bn, গৌড়ীয় মিশন) is a Gaudiya Vaishnava monastic and missionary organization whose founder acharya is Srila Prabhupad (6 Feb 1874 — 3 Jan 1937) alias ''Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Goswami M ...
— :*Bhakti Suhrid Paribrajak, president-acharya (1993–2018) :*Bhakti Sundar Sanyasi Maharaj, president-acharya (2018–present) * Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti — :*Bhakti Vedanta Budhayan Goswami, president-acharya (2020–present) *
International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known Colloquialism, colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Gaudiya Vaishnava Hinduism, Hindu religious organization. ISKCON was found ...
— the members of Governing Body Commission (
Jayapataka Swami Jayapataka Swami (); born on April 9, 1949) is a Vaishnava swami and a religious leader for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).
and others) *
Science of Identity Foundation The Science of Identity Foundation (SIF) is a Hinduism, Hindu Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Gaudiya Vaishnavite Yoga religious organization based in Hawaii, United States, founded by Chris Butler (also known by his Vaishnavite name Siddhaswarupananda Go ...
— Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa (1977–present) *
Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana __NOTOC__ Shrivatsa Goswami (born 27 October 1950) is an Indian Indologist scholar as well as Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Gaudiya Vaishnava religious leader. He was born in the holy Vaishnava pilgrimage site of Vrindavan, into a brahmin family whose ...
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Shrivatsa Goswami __NOTOC__ Shrivatsa Goswami (born 27 October 1950) is an Indian Indologist scholar as well as Gaudiya Vaishnava religious leader. He was born in the holy Vaishnava pilgrimage site of Vrindavan, into a brahmin family whose members were caretak ...
, director (1972–present) * Sri Caitanya Sangha —
Tripurari Swami Bhaktivedanta Tripurari (), also known as Swami BV Tripurari and formerly as Tripurari Swami, is an American author, poet, and guru, described as "a prominent master in the Gaudiya Vaishnava lineage", and "one of the leading practitioners of ...
(1985–present) * Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math — :*Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami, president-acharya (1988–2010) :*Bhakti Nirmal Acharya, president-acharya (2010–present) *The Vaishnava Foundation — Kailasa Candra Dasa (1986–present) *
World Vaisnava Association __NOTOC__ The World Vaisnava Association, officially, World Vaisnava Association — Visva Vaisnava Raj Sabha (WVA–VVRS), is an international Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organization, which had been established in 1994 by som ...
— :*Srila Nayananandana Das babaji, President (1999–2002) :*Srila Bhakti B. Tirtha Maharaj, President (2002–present).


Smarta tradition

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Shankaracharyas Shankaracharya ( sa, शङ्कराचार्य, , " Shankara-''acharya''") is a religious title used by the heads of amnaya monasteries called mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism. The title derives from Adi Shankara; te ...
— :* Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati,
Shankaracharya Shankaracharya ( sa, शङ्कराचार्य, , "Adi Shankara, Shankara-''acharya''") is a religious title used by the heads of amnaya monasteries called mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism. The title derives from Adi ...
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Jyotirmath Joshimath, also known as Jyotirmath, is a city and a municipal board in Chamoli District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Located at a height of 6150 feet (1875 m), it is a gateway to several Himalayan mountain climbing expeditions, trekki ...
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Badrinath Badrinath is a town and nagar panchayat in Chamoli district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. A Hindu holy place, it is one of the four sites in India's Char Dham Hindu pilgrimage, pilgrimage and is also part of India's Chota Char Dham pilgr ...
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Dwarka Sharada Peetham Pascimāmnāya Śrī Śāradā Pītham or Dwarka Sharada Math, is one amongst the four cardinal peethams established by the saint Adi Shankara to preserve and propagate Sanatana Dharma and Advaita Vedanta, the doctrine of non-dualism. Located in ...
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Dwarka Dwarka () is a city and a municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district in the state of Gujarat in Western India. It is located on the western shore of the Okhamandal Peninsula on the right bank of the Gomti river at the mouth of the Gulf of Kut ...
(1982-2022) :* Swami Nischalanand Saraswati,
Shankaracharya Shankaracharya ( sa, शङ्कराचार्य, , "Adi Shankara, Shankara-''acharya''") is a religious title used by the heads of amnaya monasteries called mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism. The title derives from Adi ...
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Govardhan Math Purvamnaya Sri Govardhana Peetham or Govardhan Math is one amongst the four cardinal peethams established by the philosopher-saint Bhagwan Adi Shankaracharya to preserve and propagate Sanatana Dharma and Advaita Vedanta, the doctrine of non-d ...
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Puri Puri () is a coastal city and a Nagar Palika, municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the district headquarters of Puri district and is situated on the Bay of Bengal, south of the state capital of Bhubaneswar. It is als ...
(1992-present) :* Swami Bharati Tirtha Mahasannidhanam,
Shankaracharya Shankaracharya ( sa, शङ्कराचार्य, , "Adi Shankara, Shankara-''acharya''") is a religious title used by the heads of amnaya monasteries called mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism. The title derives from Adi ...
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Sringeri Sharada Peetham Dakṣināmnāya Śrī Śāradā Pītham or Śri Śringeri Maṭha (, ; sa, मठ, ) is one amongst the four cardinal pīthams following the Daśanāmi Sampradaya - the ''peetham'' or ''matha'' is said to have been established by acharya ...
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Sringeri Sringeri (IAST: Śṛngēri) also called Shringeri is a hill town and Taluk headquarters located in Chikkamagaluru district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the site of the first maṭha ( Dakshinamnaya Sringeri Sharada Peetham) establi ...
(1974–present)


Swaminarayan Sampradaya

* Ahmedabad Nar Narayan Dev Gadi — :*
Acharya Shree Tejendraprasadji Maharaj Tejendraprasad Pande, formally known by his full title as Sanatan Dharma Dhurandar Acharya Maharaj Shree 1008 Tejendraprasadji Maharaj was appointed acharya of the Narnarayan Dev gadi (Ahmedabad) of the Swaminarayan Sampraday, a Hindu sect, by h ...
(1969–2004) :*
Acharya Shree Koshalendraprasadji Maharaj Koshalendraprasadji Pande (October 1972 – present) is the current acharya of the NarNarayan Dev Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday (15 October 2004 – present) and is the 7th successor of Swaminarayan in the North Diocese (NarNarayan Dev G ...
(2004–present) * Vadtal Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi — :*Acharya Shree Ajendraprasadji Maharaj (1984–present) :*
Swaminarayan Gurukul Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan, commonly known as Rajkot Gurukul or Swaminarayan Gurukul, is a Hindu religious and educational organization headquartered in Rajkot, Gujarat. It was established in 1947 in Rajkot by Shastriji Mahara ...
— ::*Guruvarya Shri Devkrushnadasji Swami (1974–present) :*Acharya Shree Rakeshprasadji Maharaj (2003–present) *
BAPS Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS; ) is a Hindu denomination within the Swaminarayan Sampradaya. It was formed in 1905 by Yagnapurushdas (Shastriji Maharaj) following his conviction that Swaminarayan remained present o ...
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Pramukh Swami Maharaj Pramukh Swami Maharaj (born Shantilal Patel; ordained Narayanswarupdas Swami; 7 December 1921 – 13 August 2016) was the guru and Pramukh, or president, of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a major branch of t ...
, President (1971–2016) :*
Mahant Swami Maharaj Mahant Swami Maharaj (born Vinu Patel, 13 September 1933; ordained Keshavjivandas Swami) is the present guru and president of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a major branch of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya, a H ...
, President (2016–present) * Swaminarayan Mandir Vasna Sanstha — :*Gurudev Bapji, Founder (1987–2019) :*HDH Swamishri, President (2019–present) *Gunatit Samaj — :*Pappaji Maharaj (1971–2006) :*Hariprasad Swamiji Maharaj (1971–2021) :*Aksharvihari Swamiji Maharaj (1971–2019) :*Jashbhai Sahebji (1971–present) * Swaminarayan Gadi (Maninagar) — Jitendrapriyadasji Swami (present)


Hindu new movements

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Art of Living Foundation The Art of Living Foundation is a volunteer-based, humanitarian and educational non-governmental organization (NGO). It was founded in 1981 by Ravi Shankar. The Art of Living Foundation has its centers in 180 countries. Art of Living offers se ...
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Sri Sri Ravishankar Ravi Shankar (born 13 May 1956) is an Indian yoga guru, a spiritual leader. He is frequently referred to as Sri Sri (honorific), Guru ji, or Gurudev. From around the mid 1970s, he worked as an apprentice under Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Tr ...
, Spiritual Leader, Humanitarian (1981–present) *
Brahma Kumaris The Brahma Kumaris are a spiritual movement that originated in Hyderabad, Sindh, during the 1930s.Dadi Janki, Spiritual Head (1937–2020) *
Isha Foundation Isha Foundation is a nonprofit, spiritual organisation founded in 1992 near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. It hosts the Isha Yoga Centre, which offers yoga programs under the name Isha Yoga. The foundation is run "a ...
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Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Sadhguru (born Jagadish Vasudev, 3 September 1957) is the founder and head of the Isha Foundation, based in Coimbatore, India. The foundation, established in 1992, operates an ashram and yoga centre that carries out educational and spiritua ...
(1992–present) *
Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP), previously known as Sadhna Bhawan Trust, is a charitable religious organisation in India. It was established in 1970 by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj and continues to run today under his auspices, with th ...
— Dr. Vishaka Tripathi, Dr. Shyama Tripathi & Dr. Krishna Tripathi, Presidents (present) *
Mahanam Sampraday , native_name_lang = Bn , image = Prabhu Jagadbandhu.jpg , caption = Prabhu Jagadbandu considered avatar by Mahanam Sampraday , formation = 1891 as movement , founder = Prabhu Jagadbandu (inspirator)Sripa ...
— :*Upashak Bandhu Bhramachariji (India) (present) :*Kanti Bandhu Bhramachariji (Bangladesh) (present) *
Mata Amritanandamayi Math The Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) is an international charitable organization aimed at the spiritual and material upliftment of humankind. It was founded by Indian people, Indian spiritual leader and humanitarian Mata Amritanandamayi in 1981, ...
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Mata Amritanandamayi Mātā Amritānandamayī Devī (born Sudhamani Idamannel; 27 September 1953), often known as Amma ("Mother"), is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, guru and humanitarian, who is revered as 'the hugging saint' by her followers. In 2018, she w ...
, Spiritual Leader, Humanitarian (1981–present) *
Ramakrishna Mission Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a Hindu religious and spiritual organisation which forms the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as the ''Ramakrishna Movement'' or the ''Vedanta Movement''. The mission is named after and inspired by th ...
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Vedanta Society Vedanta Societies refer to organizations, groups, or societies formed for the study, practice, and propagation of Vedanta, the ancient religion based on the Vedas. More specifically, they "comprise the American arm of the Indian Ramakrishna move ...
— :* Swami Ranganathananda, President (1998–2005) :* Swami Gahanananda, President (2005–2007) :*
Swami Atmasthananda Swami Atmasthananda (21 May 1919 – 18 June 2017) was an Indian Hindu monk, who was the fifteenth president of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. Early life He was born on the auspicious Buddha's Birthday, Buddha Purnima Tith ...
, President (2007–2017) :*
Swami Smaranananda Swami Smaranananda (born 1929) is a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, and is its 16th president. He joined the organization in 1952, and was elected president on 17 July 2017. Early life and education Smaranananda w ...
, President (2017–present) * Sri Chinmoy Centers —
Sri Chinmoy Chinmoy Kumar Ghose (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007), better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the West after moving to New York City in 1964.Taqi Usmani Muhammad Taqi Usmani (born 5 October 1943) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and former judge who is the current president of the Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia and the vice president and Hadith professor of the Darul Uloom Karachi. An intellectual ...
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Sheikh ul Islam Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...
(2004–present)


Dar al-Mustafa

* Al-Habib Umar bin Hafidz (1997–present)


Dawat-e-Islami

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Muhammad Ilyas Qadri Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri ( ur, ), known as ''Attar'' (), is a Sufi Islamic preacher, Muslim scholar and founding leader of Dawat-e-Islami. He is based in Karachi, Pakistan. Qadri is the author of Faizan-e-Sunnat. Family background His ...
, Founder Known as Amir of Ahlussunnah (Emir of Sunnis). Lives in Bab-ul-Madinah, Karachi (1950–present)


Muhammadiyah

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Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif (31 May 1935 – 27 May 2022), popularly known as Buya Syafi'i, was an Indonesian Islamic scholar and intellectual. He was chairman of Muhammadiyah between 1998 and 2005. Educated in the United States, he was known for his ...
(1998–2005) *
Din Syamsuddin Sirajuddin Muhammad "Din" Syamsuddin ( ar, مُحَمَّدُ سِرَاجِ ٱلدِّينِ شَمْسِ ٱلدِّينِ, Muḥammad Sirāj ad-Dīn Šams ad-Dīn, born in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, ), is an Indonesian politician and formerly ...
(2005–2015) *
Haedar Nashir Haedar Nashir (born February 25, 1958) is an Indonesian Islamic scholar and the current leader of Muhammadiyah, the second largest Muslim religious organization in the world. He was elected as the organization's leader on August 6, the same day th ...
(2015–present)


Nahdlatul Ulama

*Spiritual leader :*
Sahal Mahfudz Sahal Mahfudh (December 17, 1937January 24, 2014) was an Indonesian cleric. He was the spiritual leader (''rais aam') '' – the most senior cleric – of the Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest Muslim majority organization, from 1999 to the time o ...
, spiritual leader (1999–2014) :*
Mustofa Bisri Ahmad Mustofa Bisri (born 10 August 1944) is an Indonesian Islamic leader from Indonesia and was the ninth Chief Adviser of Nahdlatul Ulama. He is the head of Pondok Pesantren Raudlatuth Thalibin, Rembang, Central Java, Indonesia. Mustofa Bisr ...
, spiritual leader (2014, temporary) :*
Ma'ruf Amin Ma'ruf Amin (born 11 March 1943) is an Indonesian politician, Islamic cleric, and lecturer who is the 13th and current vice president of Indonesia. Aged nearly 77 years old when inaugurated, he is the oldest Indonesian vice president to ever ...
, spiritual leader (2015–2018) :*Miftachul Akhyar, spiritual leader (2018–present) *Chairman :*
Hasyim Muzadi Achmad Hasyim Muzadi (8 August 1944 – 16 March 2017) was an Indonesian Islamic scholar, cleric, and the fourth Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, from 1999 to 2010. He was the founder and director of the ...
, chairman (1999–2010) :*
Said Aqil Siradj Said Aqil Siradj is an Indonesian Islamic scholar and former chairman of the executive council of Nahdlatul Ulama, the largest Islamic organization in the world. The most recent publication of The 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Royal Islami ...
, chairman (2010–2021) :* Yahya Cholil Staquf, chairman (2021–present)


Shia


Twelver

* Twelver Islam :*Imams ( complete list) – :*
Muhammad al-Mahdi Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī ( ar, محمد بن الحسن المهدي) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justic ...
, Imam (874–present) Shia belief holds that he was hidden by Allah in 874. ::*Marja :::*
Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani Grand Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani ( fa, محمدتقی بهجت فومنی) (24 August 1916 – 17 May 2009) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. Biography Mohammad-Taqi was born on 24 August 1916 in the Fouman, Gilan province in t ...
(1993–2009) :::*
Mohammad Fazel Lankarani Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani (1931 – June 16, 2007) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. He was student of Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi. He was a child of a Persian mother and an Azerbaijani father. Biography and clerical activities ...
(1980–2007) :::*
Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...
(1985–) :::*
Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد;  570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
(1981–2021) :::* Hossein Noori-Hamedani(2000-) :::* Muhammad al-Fayadh (2008–) :::*
Ali al-Sistani Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani ( ar, علي الحسيني السيستاني; fa, , Ali-ye Hoseyni-ye Sistāni; born 4 August 1930), commonly known as Ayatollah Sistani, is an Iranian–Iraqi Twelver Shia Ayatollah and marja'. He has been described ...
(1980–) :::*
Naser Makarem Shirazi Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (, born 25 February 1927 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian Shia ''marja and religious leader. Biography He was born in the city of Shiraz, Iran. According to his website, his father was Ali Mohammad, his gr ...
(1998–) :::*
Hossein Waheed Khorasani Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein Wahid Khorasani ( fa, حسین وحید خراسانی; born Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh (Persian: )‎; 1 January 1921) is an Iranian author and Shia marja'. He is the current head of the Qom Seminary. Khorasan ...
(1995–) :::*
Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani ( fa, لطف‌الله صافی گلپایگانی; 20 February 1919 – 1 February 2022) was an Iranian Grand Ayatollah. He was at one point the most senior Twelver Shia scholar (Marja') in Iran until his death. He re ...
(1975–2022) *
Bektashi Order The Bektashi Order; sq, Tarikati Bektashi; tr, Bektaşi or Bektashism is an Islamic Sufi mystic movement originating in the 13th-century. It is named after the Anatolian saint Haji Bektash Wali (d. 1271). The community is currently led by ...
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Baba Reshat Reshat Bardhi or Dedebaba Hajji Reshat ( sq, Baba Haxhi Dede Reshat Bardhi) (4 March 19352 April 2011) was an Albanian religious leader who served as the 7th '' kryegjysh'' or Dedebaba of the Bektashi Order from 1991 to 2011.Baba Mondi Hajji Dede Edmond Brahimaj (born May 19, 1959; sq, Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj), commonly known as Baba Mondi, is an Albanian religious leader and the eighth Bektashi Dedebaba (or Kryegjysh) of the Bektashi Order. He is the world leader of the ...
(2011–present)


Ismaili

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Dawoodi Bohras The Dawoodi Bohras are a religious denomination within the Ismā'īlī branch of Shia Islam. Their largest numbers reside in India, Pakistan, Yemen, East Africa, and the Middle East, with a growing presence across Europe, North America, Sout ...
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Mohammed Burhanuddin Mohammed Burhanuddin (6 March 1915 – 17 January 2014) was the 52nd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohras. He led the community for 49 years in a period of social, economic, and educational prosperity; strengthened and re-institutionalized the f ...
, 52nd
Da'i al-Mutlaq The term Da'i al-Mutlaq ( ar, الداعي المطلق, al-Dā'ī al-Mutlaq; pl. , ) literally meaning 'the absolute, or unrestricted, missionary', is the most senior spiritual rank and office in Tayyibi Isma'ilism. The Da'i al-Mutlaq has heade ...
(1965–2014) :*
Mufaddal Saifuddin Mufaddal Saifuddin () is the spiritual leader and 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of one million Dawoodi Bohras, a subgroup of the Tayyibi, Mustaali, Ismaili Shia branch of Islam. He is the second son of the 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq, Mohammed Burhanuddin, w ...
, 53rd
Da'i al-Mutlaq The term Da'i al-Mutlaq ( ar, الداعي المطلق, al-Dā'ī al-Mutlaq; pl. , ) literally meaning 'the absolute, or unrestricted, missionary', is the most senior spiritual rank and office in Tayyibi Isma'ilism. The Da'i al-Mutlaq has heade ...
(2014–present) * Alawi Bohras :*
Haatim Zakiyuddin Syedna Haatim Zakiyuddin (حاتم زکي الدین) (born 10 September 1959), is the 45th Saiyedna and Da'i al-Mutlaq of Alavi Bohras and Naa'ib (نائب) representative, vicar, legatee and deputy of the progeny of 21st Fatimid Isma'ili Imam ...
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Nizari Ismailism The Nizaris ( ar, النزاريون, al-Nizāriyyūn, fa, نزاریان, Nezāriyān) are the largest segment of the Ismaili Muslims, who are the second-largest branch of Shia Islam after the Twelvers. Nizari teachings emphasize independent ...
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Aga Khan IV Shāh Karim al-Husayni (born 13 December 1936), known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imam by his Ismaili followers and elsewhere as Aga Khan IV, is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailis, a denomination within Shia Islam. He ha ...
, 49th Imam (1957–present)


Zaidiyyah Zaydism (''h'') is a unique branch of Shia Islam that emerged in the eighth century following Zayd ibn Ali‘s unsuccessful rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate. In contrast to other Shia Muslims of Twelver Shi'ism and Isma'ilism, Zaydis, ...

Houthis The Houthi movement (; ar, ٱلْحُوثِيُّون ''al-Ḥūthīyūn'' ), officially called Ansar Allah (' ''Partisans of God'' or ''Supporters of God'') and colloquially simply Houthis, is an Islamist political and armed movement that ...
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Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi ( ar, حسين بدر الدين الحوثي; 20 August 1959 – 10 September 2004), also spelled Hussein Badr Eddin al-Houthi, was a Yemeni Zaidi religious, political and military leader, as well as former member o ...
, leader (1994–2004) :*
Badreddin al-Houthi Badreddin al-Houthi ( ar, بدرالدين الحوثي; 3 November 1926 – 25 November 2010) also spelled Badr al-Din Al-Houthi was a Yemeni politician and scholar of Zaidi Shia Islam. Life He was born in Dahyan, Saada. He is one of the foun ...
, leader (2004) :*
Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi Abdul-Malik Badruldeen al-Houthi ( ar, عبد الملك بدر الدين الحوثي) is a Yemeni politician and religious leader who serves as the leader of the Houthi movement (Ansar Allah), a revolutionary movement principally made up of ...
, leader (2004–present)


Ahmadiyya

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Ahmadiyya Community Ahmadiyya (, ), officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ, ar, الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah; ur, , translit=Jamā'at Aḥmadiyyah Musl ...
– :* Khalifatul Masih IV,
Mirza Tahir Ahmad Mirza Tahir Ahmad ( ur, ) (18 December 1928 – 19 April 2003) was the Ahmadiyya Caliphate, fourth caliph ( ar, خليفة المسيح الرابع, ''khalīfatul masīh al-rābi'') and the head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya, Ahmadiyya Communi ...
(1982–2003) :* Khalifatul Masih V,
Mirza Masroor Ahmad Mirza Masroor Ahmad ( ur, ; born 15 September 1950) is the current and fifth leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. His official title within the movement is Fifth Caliph of the Messiah ( ar, خليفة المسيح الخامس, ''khal ...
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Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, ( ur, , translit=Aḥmadiyyah Anjuman-i Ishāʿat-i Islām Lahore) is a separatist group within the Ahmadiyya movement that formed in 1914 as a result of ideological and administrativ ...
– :* Asghar Hameed (1996–2002) :*
Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha (born 28 February 1945 in British India) is the fifth and current Emir of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement. In May 2007, he participated a conference in the Berlin Mosque, organized by the German and Dutch section of Ahmadiyy ...
(2003–2022)


Nation of Islam

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Nation of Islam The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. A black nationalist organization, the NOI focuses its attention on the African diaspora, especially on African ...
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Louis Farrakhan Louis Farrakhan (; born Louis Eugene Walcott, May 11, 1933) is an American religious leader, black supremacist, anti-white and antisemitic conspiracy theorist, and former singer who heads the Nation of Islam (NOI). Prior to joining the NOI, h ...
, head, (1981–present)


Ibadi

* Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalili,
Grand Mufti The Grand Mufti (also called Chief Mufti, State Mufti and Supreme Mufti) is the head of regional muftis, Islamic jurisconsults, of a state. The office originated in the early modern era in the Ottoman empire and has been later adopted in a num ...
of the
Sultanate of Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
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Haitham bin Tariq Haitham bin Tariq Al Said ( ar, هيثم بن طارق آل سعيد, Heysem bin Târık Âl Saîd; born 13 October 1954) is the current Sultan of Oman, reigning since January 2020 following the death of his cousin, Sultan Qaboos bin Said. Pr ...
, Sultan of Oman


Judaism

;Asia *Israel, ( complete list) — :*Ashkenazi ::*
Israel Meir Lau Yisrael Meir Lau ( he, ישראל מאיר לאו; born 1 June 1937) served as the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Israel, and chairman of Yad Vashem. He previously served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1993 to 2003. Biography Early life ...
, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi (1993–2003) ::*
Yona Metzger Yona Metzger ( he, יונה מצגר; born 1953) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and the former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. In 2013, while chief rabbi, a fraud investigation was opened. Metzger later pleaded guilty to a number of corruption cha ...
, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi (2003–2013) ::*
David Lau David Baruch Lau ( he, דוד לאו; born 13 January 1966) is the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. He was appointed after achieving a majority of the vote on 24 July 2013. He previously served as the Chief Rabbi of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israe ...
, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi (2013–present) :*Sephardic ::*
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron ( he, אליהו בקשי דורון‎; April 5, 1941 – April 12, 2020) was an Israeli rabbi who served as Rishon LeZion ( Chief Rabbi of Israel) from 1993 to 2003. Prior to that he served as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Bat ...
, Sephardic Chief Rabbi (1993–2003) ::*
Shlomo Amar Shlomo Moshe Amar ( he, שלמה משה עמאר; ar, سليمان موسى عمار; born April 1, 1948)Gantz, Nesanel. "A Chief Rabbi of the Past and Future". ''Ami'', November 5, 2014, pp. 26-27. is the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israe ...
, Sephardic Chief Rabbi (2003–2013) ::*
Yitzhak Yosef Yitzhak Yosef ( he, יצחק יוסף, born January 16, 1952) is the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (known as the Rishon LeZion), the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia, and the author of a set of books on ''halakha'' (Jewish law) called Yal ...
, Sephardic Chief Rabbi (2013–present) :*Military Rabbinate ::*
Israel Weiss Israel Weiss ( he, ישראל וייס, born 1949) was the Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces serving in the position between 2000 and 2006, with a rank of Brigadier General. His predecessor in that position was Rabbi Gad Navon. B ...
, Chief Rabbi (2000–2006) ::*
Avichai Rontzki Avichai Rontzki ( he, אביחי רונצקי, October 10, 1951 – April 1, 2018) was an Israeli Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces. He served in the position from 2006 to 2010, with a rank of Brigadier General. His predecessor i ...
, Chief Rabbi (2006–2010) ::*
Rafi Peretz Rafael "Rafi" Peretz (; born 7 January 1956) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician. A former military officer and helicopter pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its d ...
, Chief Rabbi (2010–2016) ::*
Eyal Karim Eyal Moshe Karim ( he, אייל משה קרים) (born February 8, 1957) is the head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces. Early life and career Karim grew up in Givatayim, Israel, and studied at Yeshivat Bnei Akiva. In Augus ...
, Chief Rabbi (2016–present) *Turkey — :* David Asseo, Chief Rabbi (1961–2002) :*
Ishak Haleva Ishak Haleva (born 1940 in Istanbul, Turkey) is the current Hakham Bashi (Chief Rabbi) ( tr, Hahambaşı) of Turkey. Chief Rabbi Haleva was the deputy to David Asseo for seven years and became the new Hakham Bashi after his death in 2002.
, Chief Rabbi (2002–present) ;Eurasia *Russia — :*
Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia The Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia (CJROAR) was established in February 1993. CJROAR links 100 Jewish organizations in 68 Russian cities. This body possesses no administrative powers, but rather performs c ...
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Adolf Shayevich Adolf Solomonovich Shayevich (russian: Адольф Соломонович Шаевич; born 28 October 1937)Chief Rabbi of Russia The Chief Rabbi of Russia (Hebrew: הרב הראשי לרוסיה) is the leader of the Jewish communities in Russia since 1990. Currently there are two Chief Rabbis of Russia: Rabbi Berel Lazar of Chabad and Adolf Shayevich from the Congress of th ...
(1993–present) :*
Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR; russian: Федерация Еврейских Общин России, ) is a Russian religious organization that unifies communities of Orthodox Judaism, mostly of Chabad Hassidic movement. It ...
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Berel Lazar Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar (born May 19, 1964), better known as Berel Lazar, is an Orthodox, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Russia in 1990. Known for his friendship with Vladimir Putin, since 2000, he has been a Chief Rabbi ...
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Chief Rabbi of Russia The Chief Rabbi of Russia (Hebrew: הרב הראשי לרוסיה) is the leader of the Jewish communities in Russia since 1990. Currently there are two Chief Rabbis of Russia: Rabbi Berel Lazar of Chabad and Adolf Shayevich from the Congress of th ...
(2000–present) ;Europe *Ireland — :* Yaakov Pearlman, Chief Rabbi (2001–2008) :*
Zalman Lent Zalman Tech Co. (usually simplified as ZALMAN) is a South Korean company that develops and provides aftermarket desktop computer products with primary focus on cooling enhancement. Zalman has done considerable product development since its foun ...
, Acting Chief Rabbi (2008–present) ;United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations * Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations — :*
Jonathan Sacks Jonathan Henry Sacks, Baron Sacks ( he, יונתן הנרי זקס, translit=Yona'tan Henry Zaks; 8 March 19487 November 2020) was an English Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and author. Sacks served as the Chief Rabbi of the United He ...
, Chief Rabbi (1991–2012) :*
Ephraim Mirvis Rabbi Sir Ephraim Yitzchak Mirvis (born 7 September 1956) is an Orthodox rabbi who serves as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Ireland between 1985 and 1992. Early life and ...
, Chief Rabbi (2013–present) ;North America *
Menachem Mendel Schneerson Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Modern Hebrew: מנחם מענדל שניאורסון; old-fashioned spelling: מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן; April 5, 1902 OS – June 12, 1994; AM 11 Nissan 5662 – 3 Tammuz 5754), known to man ...
, Generational Rabbi (1902–1994) *
Joseph B. Soloveitchik Joseph Ber Soloveitchik ( he, יוסף דב הלוי סולובייצ׳יק ''Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveychik''; February 27, 1903 – April 9, 1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a scion ...
, Generational Rabbi (1903–1993) *
Moshe Feinstein Moshe Feinstein ( he, משה פײַנשטיין; Lithuanian pronunciation: ''Moshe Faynshteyn''; en, Moses Feinstein; March 3, 1895 – March 23, 1986) was an American Orthodox rabbi, scholar, and ''posek'' (authority on ''halakha''—Je ...
, Generational Rabbi (1895–1986) *
Union for Reform Judaism The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) until 2003, founded in 1873 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, is the congregational arm of Reform Judaism in North America. The other two arms established ...
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Eric Yoffie Eric H. Yoffie is a Reform Judaism, Reform rabbi, and President Emeritus of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), the congregational arm of the Reform movement in North America, which represents an estimated 1.5 million Reform Jews in more th ...
, President (1996–2012) :* Richard Jacobs, President (2012–present)


Other


Baháʼí Faith

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Baháʼí Faith The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the Baháʼí Faith and the unity of religion, essential worth of all religions and Baháʼí Faith and the unity of humanity, the unity of all people. Established by ...
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Universal House of Justice The Universal House of Justice ( fa, بیت‌العدل اعظم) is the nine-member supreme ruling body of the Baháʼí Faith. It was envisioned by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, as an institution that could legislate o ...
(1963–present) :* Ali Nakhjavani (1963–2003) :* Hushmand Fatheazam (1963–2003) :* Ian Semple (1963v2005) :* Glenford Mitchell (1982–2008) :*
Peter Khan The Universal House of Justice ( fa, بیت‌العدل اعظم) is the nine-member supreme ruling body of the Baháʼí Faith. It was envisioned by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, as an institution that could legislate o ...
(1987–2010) :*
Adib Taherzadeh Adib Taherzadeh (29 April 1921 in Yazd, Iran – January 26, 2000) was a Baháʼí author who also served as a member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing body of the Baháʼís, between 1988 and 2000. Biography Taherzadeh was ...
(1988–2000) :*
Hooper Dunbar The Universal House of Justice ( fa, بیت‌العدل اعظم) is the nine-member supreme ruling body of the Baháʼí Faith. It was envisioned by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, as an institution that could legislate o ...
(1988–2010) :*
J. Douglas Martin ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ...
(1993–2005) :*
Farzam Arbab The Universal House of Justice ( fa, بیت‌العدل اعظم) is the nine-member supreme ruling body of the Baháʼí Faith. It was envisioned by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, as an institution that could legislate o ...
(1993–2013) :* Kiser Barnes (2000–2013) :* Hartmut Grossman (2003–2008) :* Firaydoun Javaheri (2003–2018) :* Paul Lample (2005–present) :* Payman Mohajer (2005–present) :* Gustavo Correa (2008–2013) :* Shahriar Razavi (2008–present) :* Stephen Hall (2010–present) :*
Stephen Birkland The Universal House of Justice ( fa, بیت‌العدل اعظم) is the nine-member supreme ruling body of the Baháʼí Faith. It was envisioned by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, as an institution that could legislate o ...
(2010–present) :*
Ayman Rouhani Ayman ( ar, أيمن, also spelled as Aiman, Aimen, Aymen, or Eymen in the Latin alphabet) is an Arabic masculine given name. It is derived from the Arabic Semitic root () for ''right'', and literally means ''righteous'', ''he who is on the right'' ...
(2013–present) :* Chuungu Malitonga (2013–present) :*
Praveen Mallik The meaning of ''"Praveen"'' in the Sanskrit language is "skilled" or "talented." It is most often a male name and a given name, and less commonly a surname. A prevalent modern name, it has been adapted into many other languages. In various languag ...
(2018–present) :* Juan Francisco Mora (2018–present)


Shinto

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Shinto Shinto () is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners ''Shintois ...
( complete list) — :*
Akihito is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 7 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. He presided over the Heisei era, ''Heisei'' being an expression of achieving peace worldwide. Bo ...
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Emperor of Japan The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his positio ...
, head of Shinto (1989–2019) :*
Naruhito is the current Emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era, following the abdication of his father, Akihito. He is the 126th monarch according to Japan's traditional order of succession. ...
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Emperor of Japan The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his positio ...
, head of Shinto (2019–present) *
Jinja Honcho The is a religious administrative organisation that oversees about 80,000 Shinto shrines in Japan. These shrines take the Ise Grand Shrine as the foundation of their belief. It is the largest Shrine Shinto organization in existence. Descriptio ...
— :*
Atsuko Ikeda , formerly , is the fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. As such, she is the older sister of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. She married Takamasa Ikeda on 10 October 1952. As a result, she gave up her imperial title and left the Ja ...
, Chairperson (1988–present)


Sectarian Shinto

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Konkokyo , or just Konkō, is a Shintō sect, being a part of the ''Kyoha Shintō Rengokai'' (Association of Sectarian Shinto), and an independent faith with origins in Shinbutsu-shūgō beliefs. Konkokyo worships the spirit and energy that flows throug ...
– :*Heiki Konko, Spiritual Leader (1991–present) * Kurozumikyō – :*Kurozumi Muneharu, Chief Patriarch (1973–2017) :*Kurozumi Munemichi, Chief Patriarch (2017–present)


Unitarian Universalism

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Unitarian Universalist Association Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is a liberal religious association of Unitarian Universalist congregations. It was formed in 1961 by the consolidation of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America, both P ...
– :* William G. Sinkford, President (2001–2009) :*
Peter Morales Peter Morales is an American former president of the Unitarian Universalist Association (2009 to 2017). Morales was the UUA's first Latino president. In the early 2000s, he was the senior minister of the Jefferson Unitarian Church in Jefferson Co ...
, President (2009–2017) :* Susan Frederick-Gray, President (2017–present)


New religious movements

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Eckankar Eckankar is a new religious movement founded by Paul Twitchell in 1965. Its membership today is primarily in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The spiritual home is the Temple of ECK in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Eckankar is not affiliated ...
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Harold Klemp Eckankar is a new religious movement founded by Paul Twitchell in 1965. Its membership today is primarily in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The spiritual home is the Temple of ECK in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Eckankar is not affiliated ...
, Mahanta (1981–present) *
Falun Gong Falun Gong (, ) or Falun Dafa (; literally, "Dharma Wheel Practice" or "Law Wheel Practice") is a new religious movement.Junker, Andrew. 2019. ''Becoming Activists in Global China: Social Movements in the Chinese Diaspora'', pp. 23–24, 33, 119 ...
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Li Hongzhi Li Hongzhi (, born 1951/2) is a Chinese religious leader. He is the founder and leader of Falun Gong, or ''Falun Dafa'', a United States-based new religious movement. Li began his public teachings of Falun Gong on 13 May 1992 in Changchun, and s ...
, Founder and spiritual master (1992–present) *
LaVeyan Satanism LaVeyan Satanism is a nontheistic religion founded in 1966 by the American occultist and author Anton Szandor LaVey. Scholars of religion have classified it as a new religious movement and a form of Western esotericism. LaVey established his m ...
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Peter H. Gilmore Peter Howard Gilmore (born May 24, 1958) is an American writer. He is the current High Priest of the Church of Satan. As a representative of the Church of Satan, Gilmore has been interviewed on numerous television and radio programs dealing ...
, Magus (2001–present) *
Church of Scientology The Church of Scientology is a group of interconnected corporate entities and other organizations devoted to the practice, administration and dissemination of Scientology, which is variously defined as a cult, a scientology as a business, bu ...
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David Miscavige David Miscavige (; born April 30, 1960) is the leader of the Church of Scientology and, according to the organization, "Captain of the Sea Org". His official title within the organization is Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Cent ...
, President of Scientology; Chairman of the Board of the
Religious Technology Center The Religious Technology Center (RTC) is an American non-profit corporation Letter by the Internal Revenue Service to Flemming Paludan, Regional Director, Danish Tax-Office, Washington, D.C., USA, December 22, 1993 that was founded in 1982 by th ...
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Heber Jentzsch Heber Carl Jentzsch (born November 30, 1935) is an American Scientologist who served as the president of the Church of Scientology International from 1982 to around 2010. Jentzsch is listed as missing, and the Church of Scientology International w ...
, President of the
Church of Scientology International The Church of Scientology International, Inc. (CSI) is a California 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Letter by the Internal Revenue Service to Flemming Paludan, Regional Director, Danish Tax-Office, Washington, D.C., December 22, 1993 Within th ...
(1982–present) *
Tenrikyo is a Japanese new religion which is neither strictly monotheistic nor pantheistic, originating from the teachings of a 19th-century woman named Nakayama Miki, known to her followers as "Oyasama". Followers of Tenrikyo believe that God of Origin, ...
— Nakayama Zenji,
Shinbashira The shinbashira (心柱, also 真柱 or 刹/擦 ''satsu'') refers to a central pillar at the core of a pagoda or similar structure. The shinbashira has long been thought to be the key to the Japanese pagoda's notable earthquake resistance, when ne ...
(1998–present)


Other

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Mandaeism Mandaeism (Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ ; Arabic: المندائيّة ), sometimes also known as Nasoraeanism or Sabianism, is a Gnostic, monotheistic and ethnic religion. Its adherents, the Mandaeans, revere Adam, Abel, S ...
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Sattar Jabbar Hilo Sheikh (''Rabbi'') Rishama Sattar Jabbar Hilo al-Zahrony ( ar, الريش امه ستار جبار حلو الزهروني; also known as His Holiness Ganzevra Sattar Jabbar Hilo al-Zahrony) is the patriarch and international head of the Mandae ...
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Ravidassia Ravidassia or the Ravidas Panth is an Indian religion based on the teachings of Ravidass, who is revered as a satguru. Historically, Ravidassia represented a range of beliefs in the Indian subcontinent, with some devotees of Ravidass counting the ...
— Niranjan Dass, Sant (2007–present) * Svetambar Terapanth — :* Shri Mahapragya, Acharya (1997–2010) :*
Mahashraman Acharya Mahashraman ( IAST: Ācārya Mahāśramaṇa; born 13 May 1962) is the eleventh Acharya, supreme head of Jain Śvētāmbara Terapanth sect. Mahashraman ji heads all activities functioning under Terapanth organisation, most notably Anu ...
(2010–present)


See also

* Religious leaders by year


Notes


References

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