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[edit] Catholic churches

• Roman Catholic Church - John Paul II, Pope (1978-2005)
• Albanian Catholic Church - Hil Kabashi, Apostolic Administrator (1996-present)
• Ambrosian Catholic Church -
• Anglican Catholic Church - John-Charles Vockler, Metropolitan and Archbishop
• Armenian Catholic Church - Nerses Bedros XIX, Patriarch of the Catholic Armenians (1999-present)
• Belarusian Catholic Church -
• Bulgarian Catholic Church - Christo Proykov, Archbishop of Sofia (1995-present)
• Chaldean Catholic Church - Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (2003-present)
• Coptic Catholic Church - Stephanos II, Patriarch of Alexandria (1986-present)
• Croatian Greek Catholic Church - Slavomir Miklovš, Bishop of Križevci (Byzantine) (1983-present)
• Georgian Catholic Church -
• Greek Catholic Church - Anarghyros Printesis, Archbishop of Athens (1975-present)
• Hungarian Catholic Church - Szilárd Keresztes, Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (1988-present)
• Maronite Catholic Church - Nasrallah Sfeir, Maronite Patriarch (1986-present)
• Melkite Catholic Church - Grégoire III Laham, Patriarch of the Melkite Catholic Church (2000-present)
• Mozarabic Catholic Church -
• Romanian Catholic Church - Lucian Muresan, Metropolitan of Romania (1994-present)
• Russian Catholic Church -
• Ruthenian Catholic Church - Milan Sasik, Archbishop of Mukachevo (2002-present)
• Serbian Catholic Church -
• Slovak Catholic Church - Ján Hirka, Archbishop of Pre?ov (1989-present)
• Sovereign Military Order of Malta - Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, Grand Master of the Order (1988-present)
• Syrian Catholic Church - Ignatius Pierre VIII, Patriarch of Antioch (2001-present)
• Syro-Malabar Catholic Church - Varkey Vithayathil, Archbishop of Ernakulam (1999-present)
• Syro-Malankarese Catholic Church - Cyril Mar Baselios, Archbishop of Trivandrum (1995-present)
• Teutonic Knights - Bruno Platter, Grand Master of the Order (2000-present)
• Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church - Lubomyr Husar, Patriarch of Lviv (2000-present)

[edit] Eastern Orthodox churches

• Constantinople - Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch (1991-present)
• Alexandria -
  1. Peter VII, Patriarch of Alexandria (1997-2004)
  2. Theodore II, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria (2004-present)
• Antioch - Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch (1979-present)
• Jerusalem - Irinaios I, Patriarch of Jerusalem (2001-2005)
• Russia - Alexius II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1990-present)
• Serbia - Pavle, Patriarch of the Serbs (1990-present)
• Romania - Teoctist I, Patriarch of Romania (1986-2007)
• Bulgaria - Maxim of Bulgaria, Patriarch of All Bulgaria (1971-present)
• Georgia - Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1977-present)
• Cyprus - Chrysostomos, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (1977-2006)
• Greece - Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1998-present)
• Poland - Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland (1998-present)
• Albania - Anastasius of Albania, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania (1992-present)
• Czechia and Slovakia - Nicholas, Metropolitan of All Czechia and Slovakia (2000-present)
• America - Herman (Swaiko), Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2002-present)

[edit] Schismatic Orthodox Churches

• Montenegrin Orthodox Church - Mihailo, Archbishop (1997-present)
• Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia -
  • Laurus, Metropolitan (2001-present)
  • Vitaly, Metropolitan in opposition (2001-present)
• Russian True Orthodox Church
  • Vyacheslav, Metropolitan (2000-present)
• Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
  • Mefodiy, Metropolitan (2000-present)
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate
  • Filaret, Patriarch (1995-present)

[edit] Protestant churches

• Assemblies of God - Thomas E. Trask, General superintendent of the Assemblies of God (1993-present)
• United Church of Canada - Peter Short, Moderator (2003-present)
• Church of England - Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury (2002-present)
• Lutheran World Federation - Christian Krause, President of the Lutheran World Federation (1997-present)
• Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - Gerald B. Kieschnick (2001-present)
• Seventh-day Adventist Church - Jan Paulsen, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (1999-present)
• Southern Baptist Convention - Jack Graham, President of the Southern Baptist Convention
• Salvation Army - General John Larsson (2002-present)
• Church of Norway - Harald V of Norway, King of Norway (1991-present)
• Church of Sweden - Karl Gustav Hammar, Archbishop of Uppsala (1997-present)
• Worldwide Church of God - Joseph Tkach, Jr., Pastor-General of the Worldwide Church of God (1995-present)

[edit] Oriental Orthodox Churches

• Armenian Apostolic Church - Catholicos Karekin II (1999-present)
• Assyrian Church of the East -Mar Dinkha IV (1976-present) Rival Patriarch in Baghdad Mar Addai II (1970-present)
• Coptic Orthodox Church - Shenouda III of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (1971-present)
• Ethiopian Orthodox Church - Abune Paulos (1992-present)
• Syriac Orthodox Church - Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1980-present)

[edit] Other Christian

• Jehovah's Witnesses - Don A. Adams, President of the Jehovah's Witnesses (2000-present)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) - Gordon B. Hinckley, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1995-[[2008])
• Community of Christ - W. Grant McMurray (1996-2004)
• World Council of Churches - Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (2004-present)
• New Apostolic Church - Richard Fehr, Chief apostle of the New Apostolic Church (1988-present)

[edit] Islam: Ismaili and Ahmadiyya

• Ahmadiyya Muslim Community - Khalifatul Masih V (2003-present)
• Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement - Dr. Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha (2002-present)
• Dawoodi Bohras - Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (1965-present)
• Nizari - Aga Khan IV (1957-present)

[edit] Eastern Religions

• Tibetan Buddhism - Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1935-present)
• Supreme Patriarch of Thailand- Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana (1989-present)
• Nichiren Shoshu - High Priest Nikken Abe

[edit] Other

• Scientology -
  • David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center[1], "highest ecclesiastical official of the Scientology religion" [2],"Presented the "This is Scientology" - an overview of the Scientology religion in August 2004"(1987-present)
  • Heber Jentzsch, official president of the Church of Scientology (1982-present)
• Unitarian Universalist Association - Rev. William G. Sinkford, President (2001-present)