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Eastern orthodox churches

  • Constantinople – Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch (1991–present)
  • Albania – Anastasius of Albania, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania (1992–present)
  • Bulgaria – Maxim, Patriarch of All Bulgaria
    Patriarch of All Bulgaria
    The Patriarch of All Bulgaria is the Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The Bulgarian patriarchate was re-established in 1953.-History:...

     (1971–present)
  • Cyprus – Chrysostomos
    Chrysostomos
    Chrysostomos can refer to:People*John Chrysostom , bishop of Constantinople , a Christian church father and saint*Dio Chrysostom , a Greco-Roman philosopher...

    , Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (1977–present)
  • Georgia – Ilia II
    Ilia II
    Ilia II is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church...

    , Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
    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...

     (1977–present)
  • Greece – Seraphim, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1973–1998)
  • Jerusalem – Diodorus, Patriarch of Jerusalem
    Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
    The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem is the head bishop of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Since 2005, the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem has been Theophilos III...

     (1981–2000)
  • Romania – Teoctist I
    Teoctist Arapasu
    Teoctist was the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1986 to 2007.Teoctist served his first years as patriarch under the Romanian Communist regime, and was accused by some of collaboration...

    , Patriarch of All Romania
    Patriarch of All Romania
    The Patriarch of All Romania is the title of the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church. As of September 12, 2007, the chair is occupied by Daniel Ciobotea.-Metropolitans of Ungro-Wallachia:* Maxim * Macarie II * Ilarion II...

     (1986–2007)
  • Russia – Alexei II
    Patriarch Alexius II
    Patriarch Alexy II was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church....

    , Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1990–present)
  • Serbia – Pavle of Serbia
    Pavle
    Pavle is a Serbian and Macedonian male given name corresponding to English "Paul"; the name is of biblical origin . The Croatian form is Pavao, and in other Slavic languages it is usually Pavel.People with this name include:...

    , Patriarch of the Serbs (1990–present)

Oriental Orthodox Churches

  • Armenian Apostolic Church
    Armenian Apostolic Church
    The Armenian Apostolic Church is the world's oldest National Church, is part of Oriental Orthodoxy, and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD, in establishing this church...

     – Karekin I
    Karekin I
    Karekin I , served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1995 and 1999...

    , Catholicos of Armenia
    Catholicos of Armenia
    The Catholicos of All Armenians is the chief bishop of Armenia's national church, the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is one of the Oriental Orthodox churches that do not accept the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon. The first Catholicos of All Armenians was Saint Gregory the Illuminator...

     (1995–1999)
  • Assyrian Church of the East
    Assyrian Church of the East
    The Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ʻIttā Qaddishtā w-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi d-Madnĕkhā d-Āturāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centered in Mesopotamia. It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical...

     – Mar Dinkha IV (1976–present) Rival Patriarch in Baghdad Mar Addai II
    Mar Addai II
    Mar Addai II , born Shimun Giwargis, is the incumbent Catholicos Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East and resides in the Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in Baghdad, Iraq.,He was elected to the position of Catholicos-Patriarch in February 1970, several months after the death of...

     (1970–present)
  • Coptic Orthodox Church – Shenouda III of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (1971–present)
  • Ethiopian Orthodox Church – Abune Paulos
    Abune Paulos
    Abune Paulos is Abuna and Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church . His full title is "His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Fifth Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Ichege of the See of St...

     (1992–present)
  • Syriac Orthodox Church
    Syriac Orthodox Church
    The Syriac Orthodox Church; is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church based in the Eastern Mediterranean, with members spread throughout the world. The Syriac Orthodox Church claims to derive its origin from one of the first Christian communities, established in Antioch by the Apostle St....

     – Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
    Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
    Ignatius Zakka I Iwas is the 122nd reigning Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and as such, Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church. Also known by his traditional episcopal name, Severios, he was enthroned as patriarch on 14 September 1980 in St. George's...

     (1980–present)

Protestant churches

  • Assemblies of God
    Assemblies of God
    The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination...

     – Thomas E. Trask, General superintendent of the Assemblies of God (1993–present)
  • Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
    Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
    The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 2.3 million members, it is both the eighth largest Protestant denomination and the second-largest Lutheran body in the U.S. after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Synod...

     – President Alvin L. Barry
    Alvin L. Barry
    Alvin L. Barry was president of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod from 1992 until his death. He is the only president of the LCMS to die in office. He previously served as president of the Synod's Iowa District East from 1982 to 1992.-External links:*...

     (1992–2001)
  • Seventh-day Adventist Church
    Seventh-day Adventist Church
    The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...

     – Robert S. Folkenberg
    Robert S. Folkenberg
    Robert Stanley Folkenberg, , served as General Conference president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from 1990 through to his resignation in 1999...

    , President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (1990–1999)
  • Worldwide Church of God
    Worldwide Church of God
    Grace Communion International , formerly the Worldwide Church of God , is an evangelical Christian denomination based in Glendora, California, United States. Since April 3, 2009, it has used the new name Grace Communion International in the US...

     – Joseph Tkach, Jr., Pastor-General of the Worldwide Church of God (1995–present)

Other Christian

  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) –
    1. Howard W. Hunter
      Howard W. Hunter
      Howard William Hunter was the fourteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1994 to 1995. His nine month presidential tenure is the shortest in the history of the Church...

      , President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1994–1995)
    2. Gordon B. Hinckley
      Gordon B. Hinckley
      Gordon Bitner Hinckley was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from March 12, 1995 until his death...

      , President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1995–2008)
  • Assyrian Church of the East
    Assyrian Church of the East
    The Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ʻIttā Qaddishtā w-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi d-Madnĕkhā d-Āturāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centered in Mesopotamia. It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical...

     – Mar Dinkha IV (1976–present)

Islam

  • Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
    Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
    The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian . The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder...

     – Khalifatul Masih
    Khalifatul Masih
    Khalifatul Masih sometimes simply referred to as Khalifah is the elected spiritual leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and is the successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian...

     IV, Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
    Mirza Tahir Ahmad
    Mirza Tahir Ahmad was Khalifatul Masih IV, Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and fourth successor to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad...

     (1982–2003)
  • Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
    Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
    The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam Lahore , also known as the Lahoris, formed as a result of ideological differences within the Ahmadiyya movement, after the demise of Maulana Hakim Noor-ud-Din in 1914, the first Khalifa after its founder,...

     – Saeed Ahmad Khan
    Saeed Ahmad Khan
    Saeed Ahmad Khan Saeed Ahmad Khan (سيد احمد خان in Urdu) Saeed Ahmad Khan (سيد احمد خان in Urdu) (1900–1996, (Emir 1981-1996) was an adherent, and later third Emir, of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, religious movement which evolved as a sect of Islam.-Early life:...

    , Amir
    Emir
    Emir , meaning "commander", "general", or "prince"; also transliterated as Amir, Aamir or Ameer) is a title of high office, used throughout the Muslim world...

     (1981–1996)
  • Dawoodi Bohras – Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (1965–present)
  • Nizari
    Nizari
    'The Shī‘a Imami Ismā‘īlī Tariqah also referred to as the Ismā‘īlī or Nizārī , is a path of Shī‘a Islām, emphasizing social justice, pluralism, and human reason within the framework of the mystical tradition of Islam. The Nizari are the second largest branch of Shia Islam and form the majority...

     – Aga Khan IV
    Aga Khan IV
    Prince Karim, Aga Khan IV, NPk, NI, KBE, CC, GCC, GCIH, GCM is the 49th and current Imam of the Shia Imami Nizari Ismaili Muslims. He has held this position under the title of Aga Khan since July 11, 1957, when, at the age of 20, he succeeded his grandfather, Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan...

     (1957–present)

Other

  • Tibetan Buddhism
    Tibetan Buddhism
    Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India . It is the state religion of Bhutan...

     – Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama
    Dalai Lama
    The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...

     (1950–present)
  • Supreme Patriarch of Thailand
    Supreme Patriarch of Thailand
    The Supreme Patriarch or Sangharaja is the head of the order of Buddhist monks in Thailand. The position is formally appointed by the King of Thailand, although the actual selection is made by senior clergymen...

    - Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana
    Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana
    Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara is the 19th and incumbent Supreme Patriarch of Thailand...

     (1989–present)
  • Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus
    Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus
    The Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus , is a Christian denomination founded in the Philippines by Bishop Teofilo D. Ora in May 1922....

     – Gamaliel T. Payawal, Bishop (1989–2003)
  • World Council of Churches
    World Council of Churches
    The World Council of Churches is a worldwide fellowship of 349 global, regional and sub-regional, national and local churches seeking unity, a common witness and Christian service. It is a Christian ecumenical organization that is based in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland...

     – Samuel Kobia
    Samuel Kobia
    Rev Dr Samuel Kobia , is a Methodist clergyman and the first African to be elected General Secretary of the World Council of Churches , a worldwide fellowship of 349 global, regional and local churches representing a Christian population of over 590 million people...

    , General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (1993–2003)
  • New Apostolic Church
    New Apostolic Church
    The New Apostolic Church is a chiliastic church, converted to Protestantism as a free church from the Catholic Apostolic Church. The church has existed since 1879 in Germany and since 1897 in the Netherlands...

     – Richard Fehr
    Richard Fehr
    Richard Fehr was the seventh Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church from 22 May 1988 to 15 May 2005.-Life:...

    , Chief apostle of the New Apostolic Church (1988–present)
  • Coptic Orthodox Church – Shenouda III of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (1971–present)
  • Jesus Is Lord Church – Bishop Bro. Eddie Villanueva, Founder and International President (1978–present)
  • Scientology
    Scientology
    Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...

     – David Miscavige
    David Miscavige
    David Miscavige is the leader of the Church of Scientology and affiliated organizations. His title is Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center , a corporation that controls the trademarked names and symbols of Dianetics and Scientology. Miscavige was an assistant to Hubbard while a...

    , Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center http://www.rtc.org/david-miscavige.htm, "highest ecclesiastical official of the Scientology religion (1987–present)
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