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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsBuddhism[edit]Tibetan Buddhism[edit]Christianity[edit]Catholicism[edit]Roman Catholicism[edit]Old Catholicism[edit]Independent Catholicism[edit]Eastern Orthodoxy[edit]Autocephalous Churches[edit]Autonomous Churches[edit]Ukrainian Orthodoxy[edit]Schismatic churches[edit]Oriental Orthodoxy[edit]Protestantism[edit]Anglicanism[edit]Provinces of the Anglican Communion[edit]Continuing Anglicanism[edit]Baptist[edit]Holiness[edit]Lutheran[edit]Pentecostal[edit]Methodism[edit]Other Protestant[edit]Other Christian or Christian-derived faiths[edit]Hinduism[edit]Sunni[edit]Shia[edit]Twelver[edit]Ismaili[edit]Dawat-e-Islami[edit]Ahmadiyya[edit]Nation of Islam[edit]Judaism and related[edit]Shinto[edit]Sectarian Shinto[edit]West Asian origin[edit]Bah\u00e1\u02bc\u00ed Faith[edit]Jainism[edit]Sikhism[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Buddhism[edit]S\u014dka Gakkai \u2013Thai Buddhism \u2013Vajirananavarorasa, Somdet and Supreme Patriarch (1910\u20131921)Kromma Luang Jinavorn Sirivaddhana, Somdet and Supreme Patriarch (1921\u20131937)Phae Tissadeva, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1938\u20131944)Momrajavong Chuen Noppavong, Somdet and Supreme Patriarch (1945\u20131958)Plod Kittisobhana, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1960\u20131962)Yoo Nanodayo, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1963\u20131966)Chuan Utthayi, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1965\u20131971)Pun Punnasiri, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1972\u20131973)Ariyavangsagatayana, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch  (1973\u20131988)Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1989\u20132013)Tibetan Buddhism[edit]MongoliaRussiaBuddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia \u2014Christianity[edit]Catholicism[edit]Roman Catholicism[edit]Old Catholicism[edit]Church of Utrecht \u2013Gerardus Gul, Archbishop of Utrecht (1892\u20131920)Franciscus Kenninck, Archbishop of Utrecht (1920\u20131937)Andreas Rinkel, Archbishop of Utrecht (1937\u20131970)Marinus Kok, Archbishop of Utrecht (1970\u20131981)Antonius Jan Glazemaker, Archbishop of Utrecht (1982\u20132000)Joris A.O.L. Vercammen, Archbishop of Utrecht (2000\u2013present)Paul Francis Cope May, Archbishop (1925\u20131953)Francis Xavier Resch, Archbishop (1953\u20131963)Walter Xavier Brown, Archbishop (1963\u20131997)James Edward Bostwick, Archbishop (1997\u20132009)North American Old Roman Catholic Church \u2013Rudolph de Landas Berghes, Bishop (1914\u20131919)Carmel Henry Carfora, Archbishop (1919\u20131958)Cyrus Augustine Starkey, Archbishop (1958\u2013?)Richard Arthur Marchenna, Archbishop (1958\u20131962)Cyrus Augustine Starkey, Archbishop (1962\u20131965)John Emil Schweikert, Archbishop (1965\u20131988)Theodore Joseph Rematt, Archbishop (1988\u2013present)Robert Alfred Burns, Archbishop (1963\u20131974)Andrew Gordon Johnston-Cantrell, Archbishop (1974\u20131975)Francis Peter Facione, Archbishop (1975\u2013present)North American Old Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese of California \u2013North American Old Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese of New York \u2013Hubert Augustus Rogers, Archbishop (1946\u20131972)James H. Rogers, Archbishop (1999\u2013present)Old Catholic Church of Canada \u2013Polish Catholic Church, (called the Polish National Catholic Church until 1951) \u2013Franciszek Hodur, founder and first bishop (1907\u20131953)Bishop College (1951\u20131957)Julian P\u0119kala, Bishop (1957\u20131959)Maksymilian Rode, Bishop (1959\u20131965)Julian P\u0119kala, Bishop (1965\u20131975)Tadeusz Majewski, Bishop (1975\u20131994)Wiktor Wysocza\u0144ski, Bishop Superior (1995\u2013present)Polish National Catholic Church of America \u2013Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church \u2013Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites \u2013Independent Catholicism[edit]Philippine Independent Church (Aglipayan Church) \u2013Gregorio Aglipay y Labayan, Supreme Bishop (1902\u20131940)Santiago Fonacier, Supreme Bishop (1940\u20131946)Gerardo Bayaca, Supreme Bishop (1946\u20131946)Isabelo de los Reyes, Jr., Supreme Bishop (1946\u20131971)Macario V. Ga, Supreme Bishop (1971\u20131981)Abdias de la Cruz, Supreme Bishop (1981\u20131987)Soliman Ganno, Supreme Bishop (1987\u20131989)Tito Pasco, Supreme Bishop (1989\u20131993)Alberto B. Ramento, Supreme Bishop (1993\u20131999)Tomas Millamena, Supreme Bishop (1999\u20132005)Eastern Orthodoxy[edit]Autocephalous Churches[edit]Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople \u2013 (complete list), the first among equals in Eastern OrthodoxyConstantine V, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1897\u20131901)Joachim III, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1901\u20131912)Germanus V, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1913\u20131918)Meletius IV, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1921\u20131923)Gregory VII, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1923\u20131924)Constantine VI, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1924\u20131925)Basil III, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1925\u20131929)Photius II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1929\u20131935)Benjamin I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1936\u20131946)Maximus V, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1946\u20131948)Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1948\u20131972)Demetrius I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1972\u20131991)Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1991\u2013present)Albanian Orthodox Church \u2013Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria (complete list) \u2013Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (complete list) \u2013Meletius II (Doumani), Patriarchs of Antioch (1899\u20131906)Gregory IV (Haddad), Patriarch of Antioch (1906\u20131928)Alexander III (Tahan), Patriarch of Antioch (1928\u20131958)Arsenius II (Haddad), Patriarch of Antioch (schism, 1930\u20131931)Theodosius VI (Abourjaily), Patriarch of Antioch (1958\u20131970)Elias IV (Muawad), Patriarch of Antioch (1970\u20131979)Ignatius IV (Hazim), Patriarch of Antioch (1979\u20132012)Bulgarian Orthodox Church (complete list) \u2013Joseph I of Bulgaria, Exarch, (1877\u20131915)Parteniy of Sofia, Metropolitan (1915\u20131918)Vasiliy of Dorostol-Cherven, Metropolitan (1918\u20131921)Maxim of Plovdiv, Metropolitan (1921\u20131928)Kliment of Vratsa, Metropolitan (1928\u20131930)Neofit (Karaabov) of Vidin, Metropolitan (1930\u20131944)Stefan (Shokov) of Bulgaria, Metropolitan (1944\u20131945)Stefan I of Bulgaria, Exarch (1945\u20131948)Mihail of Dorostol, Metropolitan (1948\u20131949)Paisiy of Vratsa, Metropolitan (1949\u20131951)Cyril of Bulgaria, Metropolitan (1951\u20131953)Cyril of Bulgaria, Patriarch of All Bulgaria (1953\u20131971)Maxim (Minkov) of Bulgaria, Patriarch of All Bulgaria (1971\u20132012)Cypriot Orthodox Church (complete list) \u2013Sophronios III, ArchbArchbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cypru  (1865\u20131909)Kyrillos II, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cypru (1909\u20131916)Kyrillos III, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cypru (1916\u20131947)Leontios, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cypru (1947)Makarios II, Archbishop (1947\u20131950)Makarios III, Archbishop (1950\u20131977)Chrysostomos I of Cyprus, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (1977\u20132006)Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church \u2013Georgian Orthodox Church \u2013Flavian (Gorodetsky), Exarch of Georgia (1898\u20131901)Aleksey (Opotsky), Exarch of Georgia (1901\u20131905)Nicholas (Nalimov), Exarch of Georgia (1905\u20131906)Nikon (Sofiysky), Exarch of Georgia (1906\u20131908)Innocent (Beliaev), Exarch of Georgia (1909\u20131913)Aleksey (Molchanov), Exarch of Georgia (1913\u20131914)Pitirim (Oknov), Exarch of Georgia (1914\u20131915)Platon (Rozhdestvensky), Exarch of Georgia (1915\u20131917)Kyrion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1917\u20131918)Leonid, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1918\u20131921)Ambrose, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1921\u20131927)Christophorus III, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1927\u20131932)Callistratus, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1932\u20131952)Melchizedek III, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1952\u20131960)Ephraim II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1960\u20131972)David V, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1972\u20131977)Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1977\u2013present)Church of Greece (complete list) \u2013Procopius II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1896\u20131901)Theocletus I, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1902\u20131917 (1st))Meletius III, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1918\u20131920)Theocletus I, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1920\u20131922 (2nd))Chrysostom I, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1923\u20131938)Chrysanthus of Athens, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1938\u20131941)Damaskinos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1941\u20131949)Spyridon of Athens, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1949\u20131956)Dorotheus of Athens, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1956\u20131957)Theocletus II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1957\u20131962)Iakovos III, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1962)Chrysostom II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1962\u20131967)Ieronymos I, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1967\u20131973)Seraphim of Athens, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1973\u20131998)Christodoulos of Athens, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1998\u20132008)Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem \u2013Orthodox Church in America, North America (complete list) \u2013Tikhon (Bellavin), Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska (1898\u20131900)Tikhon (Bellavin), Archbishop (until 1905 – bishop) of the Aleutians and North America (1900 \u2013 1907)Platon (Rozhdestvensky), Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America (1907\u20131914)Platon (Rozhdestvensky), Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1922\u20131934)Evdokim (Meschersky), Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America (1914\u20131918)Alexander (Nemolovsky), Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America (1919\u20131922)Theophilus (Pashkovsky), Archbishop of San Francisco, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1934\u20131950)Leontius (Turkevich), Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1950\u20131965)Irenaeus (Bekish), Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1965\u20131977)Theodosius (Lazor), Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1977\u20131980), Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1981\u20132002)Polish Orthodox ChurchGeorge (Jaroszewski), Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland (1921\u20131923)Dionysius (Waledynski), Metropolitan of Warsaw (1923\u20131947, recognized by Constantinople until 1960)Tymoteusz (Szretter) of Bialystok-Gdansk (acting), Metropolitan of Warsaw (1947\u20131951, recognized by Moscow)Makarius (Oksaniuk), Metropolitan of Warsaw (1951\u20131959, recognized by Moscow)Tymoteusz (Szretter) of Bialystok-Gdansk (acting), Metropolitan of Warsaw (1959\u20131962, recognized by Moscow, by Constantinople from 1961)Jerzy (Korenostow) of L\u00f3dz-Poznan (acting), Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland (1962\u20131965)Stefan of Poland, Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland (1965\u20131969)Jerzy (Korenostow) of L\u00f3dz-Poznan (acting), Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland (1969\u20131970)Basil (Doroszkiewicz), Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland (1970\u20131998)Sabbas (Hrycuniak), Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland (1998\u2013present)Romanian Orthodox ChurchIosif, Metropolitan of Hungaro-Walachia and Primate of All Romania (1886\u20131893, 1896\u20131909)Atanasie, Metropolitan of Hungaro-Walachia and Primate of All Romania (1909\u20131911)Conon, Metropolitan of Hungaro-Walachia and Primate of All Romania (1912\u20131919)Miron Cristea, Metropolitan of Hungaro-Walachia and Primate of All Romania (1919\u20131925)Miron Cristea, Patriarch of All Romania (1925\u20131939)Nicodim Munteanu, Patriarch of All Romania (1939\u20131948)Iustinian Marina, Patriarch of All Romania (1948\u20131977)Iustin Moisescu, Patriarch of All Romania (1977\u20131986)Teoctist Ar\u0103pa\u015fu, Patriarch of All Romania (1986\u20132007)Russian Orthodox Church (complete list) \u2013Vladimir, Metropolitan of Moscow (1898\u20131912)Macarius II, Metropolitan of Moscow (1912\u20131917)Tikhon of Moscow, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1917\u20131925)Peter of Krutitsy, Patriarcal Locum Tenens (1925\u20131936)Sergius (Stragorodsky), acting Patriarcal Locum Tenens (1925\u20131926)Seraphim (Samoylovich), acting Patriarcal Locum Tenens (1926)Sergius (Stragorodsky) acting Patriarcal Locum Tenens (1926\u20131936), Patriarcal Locum Tenens (1936\u20131943), Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1943\u20131944)Alexius I, acting (1944\u20131945), Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1945\u20131970)Pimen I, acting (1970\u20131971), Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia 1971\u20131990)Philaret (Denisenko) of Kiev, Patriarcal Locum Tenens (1990)Alexy II of Russia, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1990\u20132008)Autonomous Churches[edit]Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia \u2013Serbian Orthodox Church \u2013Georgije II Brankovi\u0107, Archbishop of Karlovci and Patriarch of Serbs (1888\u20131907)Lukijan Bogdanovi\u0107, Archbishop of Karlovci and Patriarch of Serbs (1908\u20131913)Mihailo Grujic, Karlovci and Patriarch of Serbs (1913\u20131914)Miron Nikoli\u0107, Archbishop of Karlovci and Patriarch of Serbs (1914\u20131918)Georgije III Leti\u0107, Archbishop of Karlovci and Patriarch of Serbs (1919\u20131920)Dimitrije, Archbishop of Pe\u0107 and Serbian Patriarch (1920\u20131930)Varnava, Archbishop of Pe\u0107 and Serbian Patriarch (1930\u20131937)Gavrilo V, Archbishop of Pe\u0107 and Serbian Patriarch (1938\u20131950)Vikentije II, Archbishop of Pe\u0107 and Serbian Patriarch (1950\u20131958)German, Archbishop of Pe\u0107 and Serbian Patriarch (1958\u20131990)Pavle, Archbishop of Pe\u0107 and Serbian Patriarch (1990\u20132009)Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai \u2013Montenegrin Orthodox Church \u2013Orthodox Church of Finland \u2013 (complete list)Orthodox Church of Estonia \u2013Aleksander, Archbishop of Tallinn and All Estonia (1920\u20131923)Aleksander, Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia (1923\u20131953)0, Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia (1944\u20130)Athinagoras I of Thyatira and, Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia (1953\u20131962)Athinagoras II of Thyatira and, Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia (1963\u20131978)John of Finland, Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia (1996\u20131999)Stephanos, Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia (1999\u2013present)Orthodox Church of Latvia \u2013Orthodox Church of JapanNicholas (Kasatkin), titular Bishop of Riga (1880\u20131906)Nicholas (Kasatkin), Archbishop of All Japan (1906\u20131912)Sergius (Tikhomirov), Metropolitan of All Japan (1912\u20131945)Nicholas (Ono), bishop of Tokyo (1945\u20131946)Benjamin (Basalyga), Metropolitan of All Japan (1946\u20131952)Ireneus (Bekish), Metropolitan of All Japan (1952\u20131962)Vladimir (Nagosky), Metropolitan of All Japan (1962\u20131972)Theodosius (Nagashima), Metropolitan of All Japan (1972\u20131999)Peter (Arihara), elected Metropolitan of All Japan (2000)Daniel (Nushiro), Metropolitan of All Japan (2000\u2013present)Orthodox Church of China \u2013Basil (Shuan), Bishop of Peking and All China (1957\u20131962)Simeon (Du), Bishop of Shanghai (1962\u20131965)vacant, Bishop of Peking and All China (1965\u2013present)Macedonian Orthodox Church \u2013 Ohrid ArchbishopricGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of AustraliaChristophoros, Metropolitan of Australia (1924\u20131926)Ioakim, Metropolitan of Australia (1926\u20131926)Christophoros, Metropolitan of Australia (1926\u20131928)Theophylactos Papathanasopoulos, Metropolitan of Australia (1928\u20131931)Timotheos, Metropolitan of Australia (1931\u20131947)Theophylaktos, Metropolitan of Australia (1947\u20131958)Athenagoras I of Thyatira and, Metropolitan of Australia (1958\u20131959)Ukrainian Orthodoxy[edit]Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate, schismatic \u2013Mstyslav, Patriarch of Kiev (1992\u20131993)Volodymyr, Patriarch of Kiev (1993\u20131995)Filaret, Patriarch of Kiev (1995\u2013presentUkrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), canonically recognised \u2013Feognost II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1900\u20131903)Flavian, Metropolitan of Kiev (1903\u20131915)Vladimir I, Metropolitan of Kiev (1915\u20131918)Antoniy II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1918\u20131936)Nazary of Cherkass, Metropolitan of Kiev (1919\u20131921)Michael of Grodno and Brest, Metropolitan of Kiev (1921\u20131924)Michael III, Metropolitan of Kiev (1924\u20131929)Dmitriy, Metropolitan of Kiev (1930\u20131932)Sergiy, Metropolitan of Kiev (1932\u20131934)Konstantin III, Metropolitan of Kiev (1934\u20131937)Nikolai II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1941\u20131944)Ioann V, Metropolitan of Kiev (1944\u20131964)Ioasaf II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1964\u20131966)Filaret II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1966\u20131992)Volodymyr Sabodan, Metropolitan of Kiev (1992\u2013present)Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, not canonically recognised \u2013Oleksii Hromadskyi, (1941\u20131943)Pantelejmon Rudyk, (1943\u20131944)Mstyslav, Patriarch (?\u20131993)Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical [sic], not canonically recognised \u2013Schismatic churches[edit]Croatian Orthodox ChurchMacedonian Orthodox ChurchBelarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church \u2013Melchizedek, Metropolitan of Minsk and All Belorussia (1922\u20131931)Vacant?, Metropolitan of Minsk and All Belorussia (1931\u20131942)Panteleimon, Metropolitan of Minsk and All Belorussia (1942\u20131946)Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church \u2013Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate \u2013Old Calendar Church of Romania \u2013Galaction, Metropolitan (1955\u20131956)Glicherie, Metropolitan (1956\u20131985)Sylvester, Metropolitan (1985\u20131992)Vlasie, Metropolitan (1992\u2013present)Old Believers \u2013Iov (in opposition), Archbishop of Moscow (1871\u20131912)Savvaty, Archbishop of Moscow (1881\u20131898)Ioann, Archbishop of Moscow (1898\u20131915)Melety, Archbishop of Moscow (1915\u20131934)Vikenty of Kazan, Archbishop of Moscow (1934\u20131938)vacant, Archbishop of Moscow (1938\u20131940)Irinarch, Archbishop of Moscow (1940\u20131952)Flavian, Archbishop of Moscow (1952\u20131960)Iosif, Archbishop of Moscow (1961\u20131970)Nikodim, Archbishop of Moscow (1970\u20131986)Alimpy, Archbishop of Moscow (1986\u20131988)Alimpy, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia (1988\u20132003)Novozybkov hierarchy \u2013Nikola\u00a0[ru], Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia (1923\u20131934)Stefan\u00a0[ru], Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia (1934\u20131937)Mikhail\u00a0[ru], Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia (1938\u20131944)Ioann\u00a0[ru], Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia (1944\u20131956)Epifany, Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia (1956\u20131965)Ieyermiya\u00a0[ru], Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia (1965\u20131969)Pavel\u00a0[ru], Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia (1969\u20131977)Varsonofi, Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia (1977\u20131979)Gennady\u00a0[ru], Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia (1979\u20131996)Aristarkh\u00a0[ru], Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia (1996\u20132000)Aleksandr\u00a0[ru], titled Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (2000\u20132002)Oriental Orthodoxy[edit]Armenian Apostolic Church \u2013Mkrtich, Catholicos of All Armenians (1892\u20131907)Matevos II, Catholicos of All Armenians (1908\u20131910)Gevorg V, Catholicos of All Armenians (1910\u20131930)Khoren, Catholicos of All Armenians (1932\u20131938)Gevorg VI, Catholicos of All Armenians (1945\u20131954)Vazgen I, Catholicos of All Armenians (1955\u20131994)Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians (1995\u20131999)Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians (1999\u2013present)Armenian Apostolic Church \u2013Grigor (acting), Catholicos of Cilicia (1895\u20131902)Sahak II, Catholicos of Cilicia (1902\u20131939)Eghishe, Catholicos of Cilicia (1940\u20131942)Khad, Catholicos of Cilicia (1942\u20131945)Karekin I, Catholicos of Cilicia (1943\u20131952)Khad, Catholicos of Cilicia (1952\u20131955)Zareh I, Catholicos of Cilicia (1956\u20131963)Khoren I, Catholicos of Cilicia (1963\u20131983)Karekin II, Catholicos of Cilicia (1983\u20131995)Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia (1995\u2013present)Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (complete list) \u2013Ethiopian Orthodox Church \u2013Mattheos, Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1889\u20131926)Kyrillos, Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1927\u20131936)Abraham, Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1936\u20131939)Yohannis, Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1939\u20131945)Kyrillos, Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1945\u20131950)Basilios, Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1951\u20131959)Basilios, Patriarch of Ethiopia (1959\u20131970)Theophilos, Patriarch of Ethiopia (1971\u20131976)Tekle Haimanot, Patriarch of Ethiopia (1976\u20131988)Merkurios, Patriarch of Ethiopia (1988\u20131991)Yacob, Patriarch of Ethiopia (1991\u20131992)Abune Paulos, Patriarch of Ethiopia (1992\u20132012)Eritrean Orthodox Church \u2013Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church \u2013Syriac Orthodox Church \u2013Malabar Independent Syrian Church \u2013Indian Orthodox Church \u2013Protestantism[edit]National Association of EvangelicalsHarold Ockenga, President (1942\u20131944)Leslie Roy Marston, President (1944\u201346)Rutherford Decker, President (1946\u201348)Stephen W. Paine, President (1948\u201350)Frederick C. Fowler, President (1950\u201352)Paul S. Rees, President (1952\u201354)Henry H. Savage, President (1954\u201356)Paul P. Petticord, President (1956\u201358)Herbert S. Mekeel, President (1958\u201360)Thomas F. Zimmerman, President (1960\u201362)Robert A. Cook, President (1962\u201364)Jared F. Gerig, President (1964\u201366)Rufus Jones, President (1966\u201368)Arnold Olson, President (1968\u201370)Hudson T. Armerding, President (1970\u201372)Myron F. Boyd, President (1972\u201374)Paul E. Toms, President (1974\u201376)Nathan Bailey, President (1976\u201378)Carl H. Lundquist, President (1978\u201380)J. Floyd Williams, President (1980\u201382)Arthur Evans Gay, Jr., President (1982\u201384)Robert W. McIntyre, President (1984\u201386)Ray H. Hughes, President (1986\u201388)John H. White, President (1988\u201390)B. Edgar Johnson, President (1990\u201392)Don Argue, President (1992\u201398)Kevin Mannoia, President (1999\u20132001)Anglicanism[edit]Provinces of the Anglican Communion[edit]Saumarez Smith, Primate (1890\u20131909)John Wright, Primate (1910\u20131933)Henry Le Fanu, Primate (1935\u20131946)Howard Mowll, Primate (1947\u20131958)Hugh Gough, Primate (1959\u20131966)Philip Strong, Primate (1966\u20131970)Frank Woods, Primate (1971\u20131977)Marcus Loane, Primate (1978\u20131982)John Grindrod, Primate (1982\u20131989)Keith Rayner, Primate (1990\u20131999)Peter Carnley, Primate (2000\u20132005)Robert Machray, Primate (1893\u20131904)William B. Bond, Primate (1904\u20131906)Arthur Sweatman, Primate (1907\u20131909)Samuel Pritchard Matheson, Primate (1909\u20131931)Clarendon Lamb Worrell, Primate (1931\u20131934)Derwyn Trevor Owen, Primate (1934\u20131947)George Frederick Kingston, Primate (1947\u20131950)Walter Foster Barfoot, Primate (1950\u20131959)Howard Clark, Primate (1959\u20131971)Ted Scott, Primate (1971\u20131986)Michael Peers, Primate (1986\u20132004)Thomas Clark, Presiding Bishop (1899\u20131903)Daniel Tuttle, Presiding Bishop (1903\u20131923)Alexander Garrett, Presiding Bishop (1923\u20131924)Ethelbert Talbot, Presiding Bishop (1924\u20131926)John Murray, Presiding Bishop (1926\u20131929)Charles Anderson, Presiding Bishop (1929\u20131930)DeWolf Perry, Presiding Bishop (1930\u20131937)Henry Tucker, Presiding Bishop (1938\u20131946)Henry Sherrill, Presiding Bishop (1947\u20131958)Arthur Lichtenberger, Presiding Bishop (1958\u20131964)John Hines, Presiding Bishop (1965\u20131974)John Allin, Presiding Bishop (1974\u20131985)Edmond Lee Browning, Presiding Bishop (1986\u20131997)Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop (1998\u20132006)George Werner, President (2000\u2013present)Continuing Anglicanism[edit]A. Donald Davies, Presiding Bishop (1992\u20132000)William Millsaps, Presiding Bishop (2000\u20132005)John C. Gramley, Presiding Bishop (1992\u20131996)Stephen C. Reber, Presiding Bishop (1996\u20132010)Baptist[edit]InternationalBaptist World Alliance \u2013John Clifford, President (1905\u20131911)Robert Stuart MacArthur, President (1911\u20131923)Edgar Young Mullins, President (1923\u20131928)John MacNeill, President (1928\u20131934)George Washington Truett, President (1934\u20131939)James Henry Rushbrooke, President (1939\u20131947)Charles Oscar Johnson, President (1947\u20131950)Fred Townley Lord, President (1950\u20131955)Theodore Floyd Adams, President (1955\u20131960)Joao Filson Soren, President (1960\u20131965)William R. Tolbert, Jr., President (1965\u20131970)Carney Hargroves, President (1970\u20131975)David Wong, President (1975\u20131980)Duke Kimbrough McCall, President (1980\u20131985)Noel Vose, President (1985\u20131990)Knud Wumpleman, President (1990\u20131995)Nilson Do Amaral Fanini, President (1995\u20132000)Eurasia (Russian Empire\/ Soviet Union\/ post-Soviet)Union of the Russian Baptists \u2014Dey Mazayev, President (1887\u20131909, 1917)Vasily Pavlov, President (1909\u20131910)Ilya Golyayev, President (1910\u20131917)All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians-Baptists \u2014Yakov Zhidkov, President (1944\u20131966)Ilya Ivanov, President (1966\u20131974)Andrey Klimenko, President (1974\u20131985)Vasily Logvinenko, President (1985\u20131990)Grigory Komendant, President (1990\u20131992)International Union of Churches of Evangelical Christians-Baptists \u2014Vasily Logvinenko, President (1992\u20131993)Peter Konovalchuk, President (1994\u20132002)North AmericaJ. Brent Walker, Executive Director (1999\u2013present)Daniel Vestal, Coordinator (1996\u2013present)Southern Baptist Convention (complete list) \u2013W. A. Criswell, President (1968\u20131970)Jimmy Allen, President (1977\u20131979)Adrian Rogers, President (1st time, 1979\u20131980)Bailey Smith, President (1980\u20131982)James T. Draper, Jr., President (1982\u20131984)Charles F. Stanley, President (1984\u20131986)Adrian Rogers, President (2nd time, 1986\u20131988)Jerry Vines, President (1988\u20131990)Morris Chapman, President (1990\u20131992)H. Edwin Young, President (1992\u20131994)Jim Henry, President (1994\u20131996)Tom Elliff, President (1996\u20131998)Paige Patterson, President (1998\u20132000)James Merritt, President (2000\u20132002)Holiness[edit]Bible Missionary Church \u2013Rodger Moyer, General Moderator (1987\u2013present)Alvie Jarratt, General Moderator (1999\u2013present)Christian and Missionary Alliance (U.S.) \u2013Albert Benjamin Simpson, Founder and President (1887\u2013c.1919)Paul Rader, President (1919\u2013c.1920)Frederick Senft, President (c.1920)Harry M. Shuman, President (c.1920\u2013c.1946)Louis L. King, President (until c.1987)David Rambo, President (c.1987\u20132005)Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. \u2013Senior BishopCharles Price Jones, Senior Bishop, (1907\u20131949)Major Rudd Conic, Senior Bishop, (1949\u20131992)Maurice D. Bingham, Senior Bishop, (1996\u20132004)PresidentChurch of the Nazarene \u2013Phineas F. Bresee, General Superintendent (1907\u20131915)Hiram F. Reynolds, General Superintendent (1907\u20131932)Edgar Ellyson, General Superintendent (1908\u20131911)Edward F. Walker, General Superintendent (1911\u20131918)William C. Wilson, General Superintendent (1915)John W. Goodwin, General Superintendent (1916\u20131940)Roy T. Williams, General Superintendent (1916\u20131946)J. B. Chapman, General Superintendent (1928\u20131947)Joseph G. Morrison, General Superintendent (1936\u20131939)Howard Miller, General Superintendent (1940\u20131948)Orval J. Nease, General Superintendent (1940\u20131944, 1948\u20131950)Hardy Powers, General Superintendent (1944\u20131968)Gideon B. Williamson, General Superintendent (1946\u20131968)Samuel Young, General Superintendent (1948\u20131972)Daniel Vanderpool, General Superintendent (1949\u20131964)Hugh C. Benner, General Superintendent (1952\u20131968)V. H. Lewis, General Superintendent (1960\u20131985)George Coulter, General Superintendent (1960\u20131985)Edward Lawlor, General Superintendent (1968\u20131976)Eugene Stowe, General Superintendent (1968\u20131993)Orville Jenkins, General Superintendent (1968\u20131985)Charles H. Strickland, General Superintendent (1972\u20131988)William M. Greathouse, General Superintendent (1976\u20131989)Jerald Johnson, General Superintendent (1980\u20131997)Raymond Hurn, General Superintendent (1985\u20131993)John A. Knight, General Superintendent (1985\u20132001)Donald Owens, General Superintendent (1989\u20131997)William J. Prince, General Superintendent (1989\u20132001)James Diehl, General Superintendent (1993\u20132009)Paul Cunningham, General Superintendent (1993\u20132009)Jim Bond, General Superintendent (1997\u20132005)Jerry D. Porter, General Superintendent (1997\u2013present)Original Church of God or Sanctified ChurchCharles W. Gray, National Bishop (1907\u20131945)William Crosby, National Bishop (1945\u20131952)T. R. Jeffries, National Bishop (1952\u2013c.1959)C. A. McLaurine, National Bishop (?\u20131966)Pillar of Fire International \u2013Salvation Army (complete list) \u2013William Booth, Founder and General (1865\/1878\u20131912)Bramwell Booth, General (1912\u20131929)Edward Higgins, General (1929\u20131934)Evangeline Booth (f), General (1934\u20131939)George Carpenter, General (1939\u20131946)Albert Orsborn, General (1946\u20131954)Wilfred Kitching, General (1954\u20131963)Frederick Coutts, General (1963\u20131969)Erik Wickberg, General (1969\u20131974)Clarence Wiseman, General (1974\u20131977)Arnold Brown, General (1977\u20131981)Jarl Wahlstr\u00f6m, General (1981\u20131986)Eva Burrows (f), General (1986\u20131993)Bramwell Tillsley, General (1993\u20131994)Paul Rader, General (1994\u20131999)John Gowans, General (1999\u20132002)Lutheran[edit]Lutheran World Federation \u2013Anders Nygren (Sweden), President (1947\u20131952)Hanns Lilje (W. Germany), President (1952\u20131957)Franklin Clark Fry (U.S.), President (1957\u20131963)Fredrik A. Schiotz (U.S.), President (1963\u20131970)Mikko E. Juva (Finland), President (1970\u20131977)Josiah M. Kibira (Tanzania), President (1977\u20131984)Zolt\u00e1n Kaldy (Hungary), President (1984\u20131987)Johannes Hanselmann (W. Germany), President (1987\u20131990)Gottfried Brakemeier (Brazil), President (1990\u20131997)Christian Krause (Germany), President (1997\u20132003)American Lutheran Church (1930) \u2013Carl Christian Hein, President (1930\u201319370)Emmanuel F. Poppen, President (1937\u20131950)Henry F. Schuh, President (1951\u20131960)American Lutheran Church \u2013Church of Sweden \u2013Johan August Ekman, Archbishop of Uppsala (1900\u20131913)Nathan S\u00f6derblom, Archbishop of Uppsala (1914\u20131931)Erling Eidem, Archbishop of Uppsala (1931\u20131950)Yngve Brilioth, Archbishop of Uppsala (1950\u20131958)Gunnar Hultgren, Archbishop of Uppsala (1958\u20131967)Ruben Josefson, Archbishop of Uppsala (1967\u20131972)Olof Sundby, Archbishop of Uppsala (1972\u20131983)Bertil Werkstr\u00f6m, Archbishop of Uppsala (1983\u20131993)Gunnar Weman, Archbishop of Uppsala (1993\u20131997)Karl Gustav Hammar, Archbishop of Uppsala (1997\u20132006)Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio \u2013Evangelical Lutheran Church (United States) \u2013Evangelical Lutheran Church in America \u2013Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada \u2013Telmor Sartison, National Bishop (1993\u20132001)Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia \u2013Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland \u2013Lutheran Church\u2013Missouri Synod \u2013Lutheran Church in America \u2013Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America \u2013Pentecostal[edit]World Assemblies of God Fellowship \u2013Assemblies of God, United States \u2013Eudorus N. Bell General superintendent (1914, 1920\u201323)John W. Welch, General superintendent (1914\u20131919, 1923)William T. Gaston, General superintendent (1924\u20131929)Ernest S. Williams, General superintendent (1929\u20131949)Wesley R. Steelberg, General superintendent (1949\u20131952)Gayle F. Lewis, General superintendent (1952\u20131953)Ralph M Riggs, General superintendent (1953\u20131959)Thomas F. Zimmerman, General superintendent (1959\u20131985)G. Raymond Carlson, General superintendent (1986\u20131993)Thomas E. Trask, General superintendent (1993\u20132007)International Circle of Faith \u2013Ray Cornell, Bishop (1931\u20131969)Sandford Wade, Bishop (1969\u20132001)Grace Communion International (until 2009, called the Worldwide Church of God from 1968\u20132009) \u2013New Apostolic Church \u2013Methodism[edit]African Methodist Episcopal Church \u2013Clement W. Fugh, General Secretary (2000\u2013present)Free Methodist Church in Canada \u2013Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas \u2013Nicolas V. Zamora, General Superintendent (1909\u20131914)Alejandro H. Reyes, General Superintendent (1914\u20131922)Victoriano Mariano, General Superintendent (1922\u20131928)Francisco Gregorio, General Superintendent (1928\u20131939)Matias B. Valdez, General Superintendent (1939\u20131948)Eusebio Tech, General Superintendent (1948\u20131952)Marcelino C. Gutierrez, General Superintendent (1952\u20131953)Lazaro G. Trinidad, General Superintendent (1953\u20131972)Geronimo P. Maducdoc, General Superintendent (1972\u20131980)George F. Castro, General Superintendent (1980\u20132000)Nathaniel P. Lazaro, General Superintendent (2000\u2013present)Methodist Church Ghana \u2013Francis C.F. Grant, President (1961\u20131966)T. Wallace Koomson, President (1966\u20131973)Charles K. Yamoah, President (1973\u20131977)C. Awotwi Pratt, President (1977\u20131979)Samuel B. Essamuah, President (1979\u20131984)C. Awotwi Pratt, President (1984\u20131985)Jacob S.A. Stephens, President (1985\u20131990)Kwesi A. Dickson, President (1990\u20131997)Samuel Asante Antwi, President and Presiding Bishop (1997\u20132003)[5]Methodist Church in Singapore \u2013Methodist work in Southern and Southeast AsiaJames M. Thoburn, Bishop and Superintendent (1888\u20131904)William F. Oldham, Bishop and Superintendent (1904\u20131912)John E. Robinson, Bishop and Superintendent (1912\u20131914)William P. Eveland, Bishop and Superintendent (1914\u20131916)John E. Robinson and J. W. Robinson, Bishops and Superintendents (1916\u20131920)George H. Bickley, Bishop and Superintendent (1920\u20131924)Titus Lowe, Bishop and Superintendent (1924\u20131928)Edwin F. Lee, Bishop and Superintendent (1928\u20131948)Southeastern Asia Central ConferenceRaymond L. Archer, Bishop (1950\u20131956)Hobart B. Amstutz, Bishop (1956\u20131964)Robert F. Lundy, Bishop (1964\u20131968)Methodist Church in Malaysia and SingaporeYap Kim Hao, Bishop (1968\u20131973)Theodore R. Doraisamy, Bishop (1973\u20131976)Methodist Church in SingaporeKao Jih Chung, Bishop (1976\u20131984)Ho Chee Sin, Bishop (1984\u20131996)Wong Kiam Thau, Bishop (1996\u20132000)Robert M. Solomon, Bishop (2000\u2013present)Methodist Church of South Africa \u2013William B Rayner, President (1900\u20131901)Alfred T Rhodes, President (1901\u20131902)Robert Lamplough, President (1902\u20131903)Nendrick Abrahams, President (1903\u20131904)Ezra Nuttal, President (1904\u20131905)Arthur P Chaplin, President (1905\u20131906)Richard F Hornabrook, President (1906\u20131907)William J Hacker, President (1907\u20131908)George Weaver, President (1908\u20131909)Wesley Hurt, President (1909\u20131911)Joseph Metcalf, President (1911\u20131912)Albert H Hodges, President (1912\u20131913)William Pescod, President (1913\u20131914)T Edward Marsh, President (1914\u20131915)Robert Matterson, President (1915\u20131916)Griffith W Rogers, President (1916\u20131917)Henry Cotton, President (1917\u20131918)Samuel Clark, President (1918\u20131919)James PendlReebury, President (1919\u20131920)George Robson, President (1920\u20131921)Arthur J Lennard, President (1921\u20131922)Charles S Lucas, President (1922\u20131923)John W Househam, President (1923\u20131924)John W Watkinson, President (1924\u20131925)Frederick Holmes, President (1925\u20131926)Andrew Graham, President (1926\u20131927)Theo R Curnick BD, President (1927\u20131928)William Flint DD, President (1928\u20131929)Geo H P Jacques, President (1929\u20131930)Allen Lea, President (1930\u20131931)Ernest Titcomb, President (1931\u20131932)John A Allcock, President (1932\u20131933)William Meara, President (1933\u20131934)Henry W Goodwin, President (1934\u20131935)Thomas Stanton, President (1935\u20131936)A Arthur Wellington, President (1936\u20131937)William Meara, President (1937\u20131938)Edwin Bottrill, President (1938\u20131939)Lorenzo S H Wilkinson, President (1939\u20131940)William Eveleigh, President (1940\u20131941)William B Allcock, President (1941\u20131942)Arnold Nichols, President (1942\u20131943)William W Shilling, President (1943\u20131944)William Whalley, President (1944\u20131945)William Meara, President (1945\u20131946)Cecil C Harris, President (1946\u20131947)E Lyn Cragg, President (1947\u20131948)Edward W Grant, President (1948\u20131949)Joseph B Webb, President (1949\u20131950)Stanley Le Grove-Smith, President (1950\u20131951)Alison E F Garrett, President (1951\u20131952)J Wesley Hunt, President (1952\u20131953)Herbert W Rist, President (1953\u20131954)Joseph B Webb, President (1954\u20131955)Stanley B Sudbury, President (1955\u20131956)William Illsley, President (1956\u20131957)Clifford K Storey, President (1957\u20131958)C Edgar Wilkinson, President (1958\u20131959)Leslie A Hewson, President (1959\u20131960)Frank H Edmonds, President (1960\u20131961)Joseph B Webb, President (1961\u20131962)Deryck P Dugmore, President (1962\u20131963)Stanley G Pitts, President (1963\u20131964)Seth M Mokitimi, President (1964\u20131965)Wilfred W Hartley, President (1965\u20131966)Robert C Bellis, President (1966\u20131967)L G S Griffiths, President (1967\u20131968)Cyril Wilkins, President (1968\u20131969)Derrick W Timm, President (1969\u20131970)C Edgar Wilkinson, President (1970\u20131971)Alex L Boraine, President (1971\u20131972)Stanley G Pitts, President (1972\u20131973)Jotham C Mvusi, President (1973\u20131974)Vivian W Harris, President (1974\u20131975)Abel E Hendricks, President (1975\u20131976)Charles R Stephenson, President (1976\u20131977)Abel E Hendricks, President (1977\u20131978)Donald C Veysie, President (1978\u20131979)Andrew M Losaba, President (1979\u20131980)Howard F Kirby, President (1980\u20131981)T Simon N Gqubule, President (1981\u20131982)Khoza E M Mgojo, President (1982\u20131983)Fremont C Louw, President (1983\u20131984)Peter J Storey, President (1984\u20131985)Ernest N Baartman, President (1985\u20131986)John P Scholtz, President (1986\u20131987)Khoza E M Mgojo, President (1987\u20131988)M Stanley Mogoba, President (1988\u20131998)H Mvume Dandala, President (1998\u20132003)General SecretaryAlfred T Rhodes, General Secretary (1899\u20131901)Ezra Nuttal, General Secretary (1901\u20131904)Arthur P Chaplin, General Secretary (1904\u20131905)Charles Pettman, General Secretary (1905\u20131911)Henry Cotton, General Secretary (1911\u20131917)James Robb, General Secretary (1917\u20131920)John W Househam, General Secretary (1920\u20131923)William H P Clulow, General Secretary (1923\u20131926)Alfred A Stile, General Secretary (1926\u20131927)William H P Clulow, General Secretary (1927\u20131928)Thomas Stanton, General Secretary (1928\u20131934)Arthur C File, General Secretary (1934\u20131938)William H Irving, General Secretary (1938\u20131939)Arthur C File, General Secretary (1939\u20131940)William H Irving, General Secretary (1940\u20131942)Edward W Grant, General Secretary (1942\u20131943)F J Rhead Marsh, General Secretary (1943\u20131945)Alison E F Garrett, General Secretary (1945\u20131951)Stanley B Sudbury, General Secretary (1951\u20131953)Frank H Edmonds, General Secretary (1953\u20131960)Lloyd G Griffiths, General Secretary (1960\u20131961)Alison E F Grant, General Secretary (1961\u20131962)Stanley B Sudbury, General Secretary (1962\u20131973)Cyril Wilkins, General Secretary (1973\u20131982)M Stanley Mogoba, General Secretary (1982\u20131988)Vivian Harris, General Secretary (1988\u20132001)Other Protestant[edit]Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)Secretary of the International Convention of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ)[6]General SecretaryRobert Graham Frank (1917\u20131946)Executive SecretaryGaines M. Cook (1946\u20131963)A. Dale Fiers (1963\u20131968)President of the United Christian Missionary Society[7]Frederick W. Burnham (1919\u20131930)Robert M. Hopkins (1939\u20131945)Harry B. McCormick (1946\u20131950)A. Dale Fiers (1951\u20131964)Virgil A. Sly (1965\u20131968)General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)[8]A. Dale Fiers (1968\u20131973)Kenneth L. Teegarden (1973\u20131985)John O. Humbert (1985\u20131991)William Nichols, interim (1991\u20131993)Richard L. Hamm (1993-2003)Moderator of the International Convention of the Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ)[9]J. N. Haymaker (1917)Edgar DdWitt Jones (1919)R. H. Miller (1920)George A. Miller (1921)Stephen E. Fisher (1922)T. W. Grafton (1923)A. E. Cory (1924)Jacob H. Goldner (1925)A. D. Harmon (1926)Edward S. Jouett (1928)H. H. Rogers (1929)R. A. Long (1930)L. D. Anderson (1931)Homer W. Carpenter (1932)George A. Campbell (1933)William F. Rothenburger (1934)D. W. Morehouse (1935)L. N. D. Wells (1936)A. W. Fortune (1937)Frederick D. Kershner (1938)Roger T. Nooe (1939)H. B. McCormick (1941)W. A. Shullenberger (1942)C. E. Lemmon (1944)M. E. Sadler (1946)Hampton Adams (1947)Roy C. Snodgrass (1948)Frank E. Davison (1949)John A. Tate (1950)Marvin O. Sansbury (1952)Howard Thomas Wood (1953)Cleveland Kleihauer (1954)Riley B. Montgomery (1956)John Rogers (1957)Granville T. Walker (1958)Loren E. Lair (1960)Perry Epler Gresham (1961)Leslie R. Smith (1962)Robert W. Burnes (1962)W. A. Welsh (1964)Stephen J. England (1966)Forest L. Richeson (1967)Ronald E. Osborn (1968)Moderator of the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)[10]Ronald E. Osborn (1968)Myron C. Cole (1968\u20131969)James M. Moud (1969\u20131971)Walter D. Bingham (1971\u20131973)Jean Woolfolk (1973\u20131975)James A. Moak (1975\u20131977)James A. Noe (1977\u20131979)Thomas J. Youngblood (1979\u20131981)Joy L. Greer (1981\u20131983)William E. Tucker (1983\u20131985)T. J. Liggett (1985\u20131987)Daniel L. Woods (1987\u20131989)K. David Cole (1989\u20131991)Marilyn Moffett (1991\u20131993)D. Duane Cummins (1993\u20131995)Janet A. Long (1995\u20131997Michael W. Mooty (1997\u20131999)Paul D. Rivera (1999\u20132001)Seventh-day Adventists (complete list) \u2013George A. Irwin, General Conference President (1897\u20131901)Arthur G. Daniells, General Conference President (1901\u20131922)William A. Spicer, General Conference President (1922\u20131930)Charles H. Watson, General Conference President (1930\u20131936)J. Lamar McElhany, General Conference President (1936\u20131950)William H. Branson, General Conference President (1950\u20131954)Reuben R. Figuhr, General Conference President (1954\u20131966)Robert H. Pierson, General Conference President (1966\u20131979)Neal C. Wilson, General Conference President (1979\u20131990)Robert S. Folkenberg, General Conference President (1990\u20131999)Jan Paulsen, General Conference President (1999\u20132010)Uniting Church in Australia \u2013PresidentGeneral SecretaryUnited Church of Canada \u2013George C. Pidgeon, Moderator (1925\u20131926)James Endicott, Moderator (1926\u20131928)William T. Gunn, Moderator (1928\u20131930)Edmund H. Oliver, Moderator (1930\u20131932)T. Albert Moore, Moderator (1932\u20131934)Richard Roberts, Moderator (1934\u20131936)Peter Bryce, Moderator (1936\u20131938)John W. Woodside, Moderator (1938\u20131940)Aubrey S. Tuttle, Moderator (1940\u20131942)John R. P. Sclater, Moderator (1942\u20131944)Jesse H. Arnup, Moderator (1944\u20131946)Thomas W. Jones, Moderator (1946\u20131948)Willard E. Brewing, Moderator (1948\u20131950)Clarence M. Nicholson, Moderator (1950\u20131952)Alexander A. Scott, Moderator (1952\u20131954)George Dorey, Moderator (1954\u20131956)James S. Thomson, Moderator (1956\u20131958)Angus J. MacQueen, Moderator (1958\u20131960)Hugh A. McLeod, Moderator (1960\u20131962)James R. Mutchmor, Moderator (1962\u20131964)Ernest M. Howse, Moderator (1964\u20131968)Wilfred C. Lockhart, Moderator (1966\u20131968)Robert Baird McClure, Moderator (1968\u20131971)Arthur B. B. Moore, Moderator (1971\u20131972)Bruce McLeod, Moderator (1972\u20131974)Wilbur K. Howard, Moderator (1974\u20131977)George M. Tuttle, Moderator (1977\u20131980)Lois M. Wilson, Moderator (1980\u20131982)W. Clarke MacDonald, Moderator (1982\u20131984)Robert F. Smith, Moderator (1984\u20131986)Anne M. Squire, Moderator (1986\u20131988)Sang Chul Lee, Moderator (1988\u20131990)Walter H. Farquharson, Moderator (1990\u20131992)Stan McKay, Moderator (1992\u20131994)Marion Best, Moderator (1994\u20131997)Bill Phipps, Moderator (1997\u20132000)Marion Pardy, Moderator (2000\u20132003)Other Christian or Christian-derived faiths[edit]Lorenzo Snow, President of the Church (1898-1901)Joseph F. Smith, President of the Church (1901-1918)Heber J. Grant, President of the Church (1918-1945)George Albert Smith, President of the Church (1945-1951)David O. McKay, President of the Church (1951-1970)Joseph Fielding Smith, President of the Church (1970-1972)Harold B. Lee, President of the Church (1972-1973)Spencer W. Kimball, President of the Church (1973-1985)Ezra Taft Benson, President of the Church (1985-1994)Howard W. Hunter, President of the Church (1994-1995)Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church (1995-2008)Hinduism[edit]Bhakti Pramod Puri Goswami, President (1994\u20131999)Srila Nayananandana Das babaji, President (1999\u20132002)Sunni[edit]Shia[edit]Twelver[edit]Ismaili[edit]Dawat-e-Islami[edit]Ahmadiyya[edit]Nation of Islam[edit]Judaism and related[edit]AsiaTurkey\/ Ottoman Empire \u2013EurasiaRussian Empire\/ Soviet Union\/ Russia \u2014EuropeNorth AmericaShinto[edit]Sectarian Shinto[edit]Senge Takaaki, Kancho (1887\u20131918)Senge Takamochi, Kancho (1918\u20131954)Senge Takanobu, Kancho (1954\u20131963)Senge Michihiko, Kancho (1963\u20132014)Setsutane Konko, Spiritual Leader (1893\u20131963)Kagamitaro Konko, Spiritual Leader (1963\u20131991)Heiki Konko, Spiritual Leader (1991\u20132021)Kurozumi Muneyasu, Chief Patriarch (1889\u20131936)Kurozumi Munekazu, Chief Patriarch (1936\u20131973)Kurozumi Muneharu, Chief Patriarch (1973\u20132017)Nao Deguchi, Spiritual Leader (1892\u20131918)Sumi Deguchi, Spiritual Leader (1918\u20131952)Naohi Deguchi, Spiritual Leader (1952\u20131990)Kiyoko Deguchi, Spiritual Leader (1990\u20132001)West Asian origin[edit]W.A.P.I. Zoroastrians (Iranian Zoroastrians) \u2013Areez P. Khambatta, PresidentBah\u00e1\u02bc\u00ed Faith[edit]Jainism[edit]Sikhism[edit]Sri Akal Takht Sahib \u2013Arur Singh Naushshera, Jathedar (1907\u20131920)Teja Singh Ji Bhuchar, Jathedar (1920\u20131921)Teja Singh Ji Akerpuri, Jathedar (1921\u20131923, 1926\u20131930)Udham Singh Ji Nagoki, Jathedar (1923\u20131924)Bhai Acchar Singh Ji, Jathedar (1924\u20131925)Didar Singh Ji, Jathedar (about a month in 1926)Jawaher Singh Ji, Jathedar (very short period in 1926)Giani Gurmukh Singh Ji Musaffer, Jathedar (1930\u20131931)Mohan singh Ji Nagoki, Jathedar (1931\u20131938)Giani Partap Singh Ji, Jathedar (1938\u20131948)Bhai Sadhu Singh Ji Bhaura, Jathedar (1948\u20131963)Gurdial Singh Ji Ajnoha, Jathedar (1980\u20131983)Bhai Kirpal Singh Ji, Jathedar (1963\u20131965, 1983\u20131986)Darshan Singh Ji, Jathedar (1986)Bhai Jasbir Singh Ji Rodae, Jathedar (1986)Bhai Gurdev Singh Ji Kaunke, Jathedar (1986\u20131990s)Manjit Singh Ji, JathedarBhai Ranjit Singh Ji, JathedarGiani Puran singh Ji, JathedarJoginder Singh Ji Vadanti, JathedarGurbachan Singh Ji, JathedarNote: Some religions reject the idea of having a leader or leading council in such a way that they can not be listed. When possible\/plausible a leading figure will be named, but in some cases this will not be possible or desirable.See also[edit]References[edit]^ “Bishop Alma White: Founder of Pillar of Fire Dies at 84”. Associated Press. June 27, 1946. Bound Brook, New Jersey, June 26, 1946 (Associated Press) Bishop Alma White, founder of the Pillar of Fire Church and author of thirty-five religious tracts and some 200 hymns, died here today at the headquarters of the religious group at near-by Zarephath. Her age was 84.^ “Bishop Arthur White, 92, Dies. Headed Pillar of Fire Church”. New York Times. September 18, 1981. Retrieved July 21, 2007. Bishop Arthur K. White, president and general superintendent of the Pillar of Fire Church in Zarephath, New Jersey, died Monday at his home in Zarephath. He was 92 years old.^ “Donald Wolfram moved souls during street services”. Denver Post. Retrieved July 21, 2007. Donald Wolfram, who was an early participant in religious street meetings in Lower Downtown Denver, died Monday of pancreatic cancer. Wolfram, 83, was a lifelong member of the Pillar of Fire Church, and as a young man, he joined other members for religious meetings in downtown Denver. The meetings resembled those of the Salvation Army, with a band and speaker. Wolfram usually played the trumpet or trombone, said his daughter, Suzanne Wolfram. Eventually, he learned to play about a …^ “Preacher, racer are two of a kind. Dallenbach brothers follow different roads that intersect with love”. Denver Post. April 30, 1990. Retrieved July 21, 2007. It’s quite a spin from Wally’s life as a race-car driver to the Rev. Robert Dallenbach’s small Pillar of Fire Church, where drinking, dancing and smoking are forbidden. While Wally directs Denver’s Grand Prix races this August, his older brother likely will be a few blocks away, preaching at Alma Temple. The Reverend Bob wears a charcoal-gray suit and Roman collar. His 8-year-old, church-owned Ford station wagon bears license tag … But things aren’t always what they seem with the brothers Dallenbach …^ The Methodist Church Ghana (1835-2005): 170th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure.  Accra, 2005^ Cummins, D. Duane (2009). The Disciples\u00a0: a struggle for reformation. St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press. pp.\u00a0224\u2013228. ISBN\u00a0978-0-8272-0637-3. OCLC\u00a0268790454.^ Smith, Joseph M. (1987). A Guide to Materials Related to the United Christian Missionary Society. Nashville, Tennessee: Disciples of Christ Historical Society. pp.\u00a08\u20139.^ Cummins, D. Duane (2009). The Disciples\u00a0: a struggle for reformation. St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press. pp.\u00a0296\u2013300. ISBN\u00a0978-0-8272-0637-3. OCLC\u00a0268790454.^ “International Convention prior to 1968”. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Retrieved 2023-01-27.^ “Past General Assemblies”. 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