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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 [ edit ]

Tep Vong, Great Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia (2006–present)

Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana, 19th Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1989–2013)

Ariyavongsagatanana IX, 20th Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (2017–present)

Tibetan Buddhism [ edit ]

Dalai Lama of the Gelug (Yellow Hat school) —

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (1940–present)

Mongolia

Jebtsundamba Khutuktu of the Gelug in Mongolia —

Jambalnamdolchoyjijantsan, 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu (1991–2012)

Russia

Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia —

Christianity [ edit ]

Catholicism [ edit ]

Eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris

Old Roman Catholic Church in Europe[1] – Jerome Lloyd, Metropolitan Archbishop (2012–present)

Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines) – John Florentine, Patriarch (1995–2021)

Juan Almario, Patriarch (2021–present)

Eastern Orthodoxy [ edit ]

Full Communion [ edit ]

Peter VII, Patriarch of Alexandria (1997–2004)

Theodore II, Patriarch of Alexandria (2004–present)

Irenaios I, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (2001–2005)

Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (2005–present)

Chrysostomos I, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (1977–2006)

Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (2006–2022)

George III, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (2022–present)

Christodoulos of Athens, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1998–2008)

Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (2008–present)

Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland (1998–present)

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)

John Rinne, Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland (1987–2001)

Leo Makkonen Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland (2001–present)

Partial Communion [ edit ]

Oriental Orthodoxy [ edit ]

Abune Paulos, Abuna and Patriarch (1992–2012)

Abune Mathias, Abuna and Patriarch (2013–present)

Joseph Mar Koorilose IX (1986–2001)

Cyril Mar Baselios I (2001–present)

Protestantism [ edit ]

Baptist [ edit ]

Africa

Mateus Chaves, President ( c. 2010 )

) Alexandre Melo Chilanda, General Secretary ( c. 2010 )

President Uche Enyioha, President ( c. 2010 ) General Secretary and CEO S. T. Ola Akande, General Secretary

S. Ola Fadeji, General Secretary

Asia

Letta, Executive Secretary

Kooler, Executive Secretary

Augustus Spurgeon, Executive Secretary

Caleb Paw, Executive Secretary

Paul Htoo, Executive Secretary ( c. 2010 )

Arleen D. Fidel, Chairman (2004–present)

India

O. Alem, General Secretary ( c. 2010 )

T. Ch. Immanuel, President (2006–present)

M. Ashok Kumar, Secretary (2006–present)

Vumthang Sitlhou, General Secretary ( c. 2010 )

Rajani Kaipeng, General Secretary ( c. 2010 )

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, Chairman (1962–2007)

Nikolay Antonyuk, Chairman (2008–present)

Eurasia, national

Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia — Malkhaz Songulashvili, Bishop (present)

Peter Konovalchuk, President (1994–2002)

Yuri Sipko, President (2002–2010)

Alexey Smirnov, President (2010–2018)

Peter Mickiewicz, President (2018–present)

Frans G. Tissen, President (present)

Europe, regional

Tony Peck, General Secretary ( c. 2010 )

Jimmy Martin, General Secretary ( c. 2010 )

Europe, national

Paul Negruţ, President (?–2007)

Otniel Bunaciu, President (2007–present)

Borzási István, President ( c. 2010 )

United Kingdom

Jonathan Edwards, General Secretary ( c. 2010 )

North America Canada

Jamey McDonald, Executive Director ( c. 2010 )

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Gary Vincent Nelson, General Secretary ( c. 2010 )

Jan Paasuke, President of the Board ( c. 2010 )

Roger Fellows, General Coordinator (2001–NA)

Mark Hudson, General Coordinator ( c. 2010 )

United States

Brooks Wicker, President ( c. 2010 )

A. Roy Medley, General Secretary ( c. 2010 )

Gordon Taylor, Coordinator (2008–present)

Linzy Slayden, President ( c. 2010 )

Jerry Sheveland, President ( c. 2010 )

J. Brent Walker – Executive Director (1999–2016)

Amanda Tyler - Executive Director (2017–present)

John David Smith, Executive Director, (2010–present)

Cheryl Dudley, President, (2008–2011)

Stephen LeBar, Executive Director (2004–2009)

Stan Rieb, National Network Facilitator, (2009–present)

Daniel Vestal, Coordinator (1996–present)

Eugene Dickerson, Moderator ( c. 2010 )

) Roger Ball, President ( c. 2010 )

Paul S. Morton, International Presiding Bishop (1994–present)

John Vaughn, President ( c. 2010 )

James Murray, interim Executive Director ( c. 2010 )

John Greening, National Representative ( c. 2010 )

Stephen J. Thurston, President ( c. 2010 )

) Samuel C. Tolbert, General Secretary ( c. 2010 )

William J. Shaw, President (1999–2009)

Julius R. Scruggs, President (2009–2014)

Jerry Young, President (2014–present)

Rob McCleland, Executive Director ( c. 2010 )

Paul Hagen, General Superintendent ( c. 2010 )

) Delmar Rogers, General Secretary ( c. 2010 )

General Secretary Walter Parrish III, General Secretary ( c. 2010 ) President T. DeWitt Smith, Jr., President (?–2010)

Carroll A. Baltimore, President (2010–2014)

James C. Perkins, President (2014–present)

Henry J. Rodmon, General Bishop ( c. 2010 )

Holiness [ edit ]

David Rambo, President ( c. 1987 –2005)

–2005) Gary Benedict, President (2005–2013)

Lutheranism [ edit ]

International

Steven P. Petersen, President (2008–2011)

Daniel Koelpin, President (2011–present)

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)

Christian Krause (Germany), President (1997–2003)

Mark Hanson (US), President (2003–2010)

Munib Younan (Palestine), President (2010–present)

Europe

Karl Gustav Hammar, Lutheran Primate of Sweden (1997–2006)

Anders Wejryd, Lutheran Primate of Sweden (2006–2014)

Antje Jackelén, Lutheran Primate of Sweden (2014–present)

North America

William Sullivan, National Service Coordinator (2002–2010)

Mark Vander Tuig, National Service Coordinator (2010–present)

Telmor Sartison, National Bishop (1993–2001)

Raymond Schultz, National Bishop (2001–2007)

Susan Johnson, National Bishop (2007–present)

Methodism [ edit ]

Clement W. Fugh, General Secretary (2000–present)

Albert Chiew, Bishop ( c. 2008 –2010)

–2010) James Kwang, Bishop (2010–present)

Nathaniel P. Lazaro, General Superintendent (2000–present)

Samuel Asante Antwi, President and Presiding Bishop (1997–2003)

Robert Aboagye-Mensah, Presiding Bishop (2003–2009) [4]

Emmanuel Asante, Presiding Bishop (2009–present)

Peter Chio, Bishop (?–2004)

Hwa Yung, Bishop (2004–present)

President H Mvume Dandala, President (1998–2003)

Ivan M Abrahams, President (2003–present) General Secretary Vivian Harris, General Secretary (1988–2001)

Ross A J Olivier, General Secretary (2001–2005)

Vuyani G Nyobole, General Secretary (2005–present)

Gregory V. Palmer, President of the Council of Bishops (2008–2010)

Larry M. Goodpaster, 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 [ edit ]

Joseph Tkach, Jr., President and pastor general (1995–present)

Presbyterianism [ edit ]

Other protestant [ edit ]

Liz Slade, Chief Officer (2019–present)

Anglicanism [ edit ]

Provinces of the Anglican Communion [ edit ]

Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop (1998–2006)

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Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop (2006–2016)

Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop (2016–present) George L.W. Werner, President of the House of Deputies (2000–present)

Continuing Anglicanism [ edit ]

Anglican Orthodox Church – Jerry L. Ogles, Presiding Bishop (2003–present)

Anglican Episcopal Church – Reginald Hammond, Presiding Bishop (2000–2004)

George Connor, Presiding Bishop (2006–present) Diocese of the Great Lakes – Julius A. Neeser, Bishop Ordinary (1998–2002)

David T. Hustwick, Bishop Ordinary (2002–present)

Other Christian or Christian-derived faiths [ edit ]

María Luisa Piraquive, World Leader (1996–present)

Eliseo Soriano, Presiding Minister (1977–2021)

Daniel Soriano Razon, Presiding Minister (2021-present)

Hinduism [ edit ]

Rambhadracharya, Jagadguru Acharya (1988–present)

Gaudiya Vaishnavism [ edit ]

Bhakti Suhrid Paribrajak, president-acharya (1993–2018)

Bhakti Sundar Sanyasi Maharaj, president-acharya (2018–present)

Bhakti Vedanta Budhayan Goswami, president-acharya (2020–present)

Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami, president-acharya (1988–2010)

Bhakti Nirmal Acharya, president-acharya (2010–present)

Srila Nayananandana Das babaji, President (1999–2002)

Srila Bhakti B. Tirtha Maharaj, President (2002–present).

Smarta tradition [ edit ]

Swaminarayan Sampradaya [ edit ]

Acharya Shree Ajendraprasadji Maharaj (1984–present)

Swaminarayan Gurukul — Guruvarya Shri Devkrushnadasji Swami (1974–present) Acharya Shree Rakeshprasadji Maharaj (2003–present)

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 [ edit ]

Upashak Bandhu Bhramachariji (India) (present)

Kanti Bandhu Bhramachariji (Bangladesh) (present)

Sri Chinmoy Centers — Sri Chinmoy (1966–2007)

Islam [ edit ]

Sunni [ edit ]

Deobandi Movement [ edit ]

Dar al-Mustafa [ edit ]

Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, Founder Known as Amir of Ahlussunnah (Emir of Sunnis). Lives in Bab-ul-Madinah, Karachi (1950–present)

Muhammadiyah [ edit ]

Nahdlatul Ulama [ edit ]

Spiritual leader

Chairman

Russia [ edit ]

Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims —

Magomed Albogachiev, Chairman (1998–2003)

Ismail Berdiyev, Chairman (2003–present)

Muftiate of the Republic of Dagestan —

Ahmad Afandi Abdulaev, Mufti (1998–present)

Ğosman İsxaqi, Mufti (1998–2011)

Ildus Faiz, Mufti (2011–2013)

Kamil Samigullin, Mufti (2013–present)

Rawil Gaynetdin, Grand Mufti and Chairman (1996–present)

Shia [ edit ]

Twelver [ edit ]

Ismaili [ edit ]

Aga Khan IV, 49th Imam (1957–present)

Houthis –

Ahmadiyya [ edit ]

Nation of Islam [ edit ]

Ibadi [ edit ]

Judaism [ edit ]

Asia

Turkey —

David Asseo, Chief Rabbi (1961–2002)

Ishak Haleva, Chief Rabbi (2002–present)

Eurasia

Russia —

Europe

Ireland —

Yaakov Pearlman, Chief Rabbi (2001–2008)

Zalman Lent, Acting Chief Rabbi (2008–present)

United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations

Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi (1991–2012)

Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi (2013–present)

North America

New religious movements [ edit ]

Baháʼí Faith [ edit ]

Scientology [ edit ]

Others [ edit ]

John-Roger Hinkins, Spiritual Director (1971–2014)

John K. Morton, Spiritual Director (2014–present)

Other [ edit ]

Jainism [ edit ]

Śvētāmbara Terapanth —

Mandaeism [ edit ]

Ravidassia [ edit ]

Niranjan Dass, Sant (2007–present)

Shinto [ edit ]

Atsuko Ikeda, Chairperson (1988–present)

Sectarian Shinto [ edit ]

Heiki Konko, Spiritual Leader (1991–present)

Kurozumi Muneharu, Chief Patriarch (1973–2017)

Kurozumi Munemichi, Chief Patriarch (2017–present)

Unitarian Universalism [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]

^ Such groups are not in communion with the Pope

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