List of religious leaders in 2003
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2002 religious leaders - Events of 2003 - 2004 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year
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Catholic Churches
- Roman Catholic Church - John Paul II, Pope (1978-2005)
- Albanian Catholic Church - Hil Kabashi, Apostolic Administrator (1996-present)
- Ambrosian Catholic Church -
- 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 -
- Raphael I BeDaweed, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (1989-2003)
- Shlemon Warduni, Apostolic Administrator (2003)
- Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (2003-present)
- Coptic Catholic Church - Stephanos II, Patriarch of Alexandria (1986-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 - Slavomir Miklovs, Archbishop of Zagreb (1983-present)
- Slovak Catholic Church - Ján Hirka, Archbishop of Preov (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-Malabarese 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 L'viv (2000-present)
Eastern Orthodox Churches
- Constantinople - Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch (1991-present)
- Albania - Anastasius of Albania, Archbishop of Tiranë and All Albania (1992-present)
- Alexandria - Peter VII, Patriarch of Alexandria (1997-2004)
- Antioch - Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch (1979-present)
- Bulgaria - Maxim of Bulgaria, Patriarch of All Bulgaria (1971-present)
- Cyprus - Chrysostomos, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (1977-present)
- Czechia and Slovakia - Nicholas, Metropolitan of All Czechia and Slovakia (2000-present)
- Georgia - Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1977-present)
- Greece - Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1998-present)
- Jerusalem - Irinaios I, Patriarch of Jerusalem (2001-present)
- North America - Herman, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2002-present)
- Poland - Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland (1998-present)
- Romania - Teoctist of Romania, Patriarch of Romania (1986-present)
- Russia - Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1990-present)
- Serbia - Pavle of Serbia, Patriarch of the Serbs (1990-present)
- Ukraine - Volodymyr, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine (1992-present)
The following do not currently have canonical standing (legal recognition) in Orthodoxy world-wide:
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy - Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko)
- Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - Metropolitan Mefodiy Kydriakov (since the death of Patriarch Filaret Ihumen Dymytrij [Rudyuk])
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 -
- Formal leadership - Elizabeth II, Supreme Governor of the Church of England (1952-present)
- Effective leadership - Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury (2002-present)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Mark Hanson, Presiding Bishop (2001-present)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Jukka Paarma (1998-present)
- Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - Gerald B. Kieschnick (2001-present)
- Lutheran World Federation - Mark Hanson, President (2003-present)
- Church of Norway - Harald V of Norway, King of Norway (1991-present)
- Salvation Army - John Larsson, General (2002-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
- 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)
- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) - Karl R. Gurgel, President (1993-present)
Oriental Orthodox Churches
- Armenian Apostolic Church - Catholicos Karekin II of Armenia(1999-present)
- Catholicos of Cilicia has been Aram I since 1995
- 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)
- Indian Orthodox Church - Catholicos of the East Baselius Mar Thoma Mathews II(1991-present)
- Note: It's Syriac Christianity, but independent from the Syriac Orthodox Church
- Syriac Orthodox Church - Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1980-present)
Other Christian
- Christian Science - Chairman Virginia Harris(1992-2004)
- Jehovah's Witnesses - Don Adams, President of the Jehovah's Witnesses (2000-?)
- New Apostolic Church - Richard Fehr, Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church (1988-2005)
- 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-present)
- Community of Christ - President W. Grant McMurray (1996-2004)
- World Council of Churches - Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (1993-present)
Islam: Ismaili and Ahmadiyya
- Ahmadiyya Muslim Community - Khalifatul Masih IV and V (IV was from 1982-2003 and V from 2003-present)
- Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement - Dr. Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha (after 1996)
- Dawoodi Bohras - Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (1965-present)
- Nizari - Aga Khan IV (1957-present)
Judaism
- Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth - Sir Jonathan Sacks (1991-present)
- Leader of Israeli mitnagdim - Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv
Note: As with Islam these leaders may not necessarily have that much authority, it varies from group to group.
Eastern
- Tibetan Buddhism - Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1935-present)
- Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia - Preah Maha Ghosananda (1988-present)
- Supreme Patriarch of Thailand- Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana (1989-present?)
- Sakya - Sakya Trizin, Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar Samphel Wanggi Gyalpo(born 1945)
- Nichiren Shoshu - High Priest Nikken Abe
- Konkokyo - Konko Heiki(spiritual leader since 1991)
Other
- Unitarian Universalist Association - Rev. William G. Sinkford, President (2001-present)
- Bombay Parsi Punchayat(Zoroastrian, generally orthodox) - Minoo Shroff was President for in least some of 2003
- Ramakrishna Mission- Swami Ranganathananda Thirteenth President of the group(1998-2005)
