List of 20th-century religious leaders

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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 from January 1, 1901, to December 31, 2000. It should likewise only name leaders listed on other articles and lists.

Contents

Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Mongolia
Russia

Christianity

Catholicism

Roman Catholicism

Old Catholicism

Independent Catholicism

Eastern Orthodoxy

Autocephalous Churches

Autonomous Churches

Ukrainian Orthodoxy

  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate, schismatic –
    Mstyslav, Patriarch of Kiev (1992–1993)
    Volodymyr, Patriarch of Kiev (1993–1995)
    Filaret, Patriarch of Kiev (1995–present
  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), canonically recognised –
    • Feognost II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1900–1903)
    • Flavian, Metropolitan of Kiev (1903–1915)
    • Vladimir I, Metropolitan of Kiev (1915–1918)
    • Antoniy II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1918–1936)
    • Nazary of Cherkass, Metropolitan of Kiev (1919–1921)
    • Michael of Grodno and Brest, Metropolitan of Kiev (1921–1924)
    • Michael III, Metropolitan of Kiev (1924–1929)
    • Dmitriy, Metropolitan of Kiev (1930–1932)
    • Sergiy, Metropolitan of Kiev (1932–1934)
    • Konstantin III, Metropolitan of Kiev (1934–1937)
    • Nikolai II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1941–1944)
    • Ioann V, Metropolitan of Kiev (1944–1964)
    • Ioasaf II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1964–1966)
    • Filaret II, Metropolitan of Kiev (1966–1992)
    • Volodymyr Sabodan, Metropolitan of Kiev (1992–present)
  • Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, not canonically recognised –
    • Oleksii Hromadskyi, (1941–1943)
    • Pantelejmon Rudyk, (1943–1944)
    • Mstyslav, Patriarch (?–1993)
  • Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical [sic], not canonically recognised –

Schismatic churches

Oriental Orthodoxy

Protestantism

Anglicanism

Provinces of the Anglican Communion
  • George Werner, President (2000–present)
Continuing Anglicanism
  • A. Donald Davies, Presiding Bishop (1992–2000)
  • William Millsaps, Presiding Bishop (2000–2005)
  • John C. Gramley, Presiding Bishop (1992–1996)
  • Stephen C. Reber, Presiding Bishop (1996–2010)

Baptist

International
  • Baptist World Alliance
    • John Clifford, President (1905–1911)
    • Robert Stuart MacArthur, President (1911–1923)
    • Edgar Young Mullins, President (1923–1928)
    • John MacNeill, President (1928–1934)
    • George Washington Truett, President (1934–1939)
    • James Henry Rushbrooke, President (1939–1947)
    • Charles Oscar Johnson, President (1947–1950)
    • Fred Townley Lord, President (1950–1955)
    • Theodore Floyd Adams, President (1955–1960)
    • Joao Filson Soren, President (1960–1965)
    • William R. Tolbert, Jr., President (1965–1970)
    • Carney Hargroves, President (1970–1975)
    • David Wong, President (1975–1980)
    • Duke Kimbrough McCall, President (1980–1985)
    • Noel Vose, President (1985–1990)
    • Knud Wumpleman, President (1990–1995)
    • Nilson Do Amaral Fanini, President (1995–2000)
Eurasia (Russian Empire/ Soviet Union/ post-Soviet)
  • Union of the Russian Baptists —
  • Dey Mazayev, President (1887–1909, 1917)
  • Vasily Pavlov, President (1909–1910)
  • Ilya Golyayev, President (1910–1917)
  • All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians-Baptists —
  • Yakov Zhidkov, President (1944–1966)
  • Ilya Ivanov, President (1966–1974)
  • Andrey Klimenko, President (1974–1985)
  • Vasily Logvinenko, President (1985–1990)
  • Grigory Komendant, President (1990–1992)
  • International Union of Churches of Evangelical Christians-Baptists —
  • Vasily Logvinenko, President (1992–1993)
  • Peter Konovalchuk, President (1994–2002)
North America
  • J. Brent Walker, Executive Director (1999–present)
  • Daniel Vestal, Coordinator (1996–present)

Holiness

Lutheran

Pentecostal

Methodism

  • African Methodist Episcopal Church
    • Clement W. Fugh, General Secretary (2000–present)
  • Free Methodist Church in Canada
  • Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas
    • Nicolas V. Zamora, General Superintendent (1909–1914)
    • Alejandro H. Reyes, General Superintendent (1914–1922)
    • Victoriano Mariano, General Superintendent (1922–1928)
    • Francisco Gregorio, General Superintendent (1928–1939)
    • Matias B. Valdez, General Superintendent (1939–1948)
    • Eusebio Tech, General Superintendent (1948–1952)
    • Marcelino C. Gutierrez, General Superintendent (1952–1953)
    • Lazaro G. Trinidad, General Superintendent (1953–1972)
    • Geronimo P. Maducdoc, General Superintendent (1972–1980)
    • George F. Castro, General Superintendent (1980–2000)
    • Nathaniel P. Lazaro, General Superintendent (2000–present)
  • Methodist Church Ghana
    • Francis C.F. Grant, President (1961–1966)
    • T. Wallace Koomson, President (1966–1973)
    • Charles K. Yamoah, President (1973–1977)
    • C. Awotwi Pratt, President (1977–1979)
    • Samuel B. Essamuah, President (1979–1984)
    • C. Awotwi Pratt, President (1984–1985)
    • Jacob S.A. Stephens, President (1985–1990)
    • Kwesi A. Dickson, President (1990–1997)
    • Samuel Asante Antwi, President and Presiding Bishop (1997–2003) [5]
  • Methodist Church in Singapore
    • Methodist work in Southern and Southeast Asia
    • James M. Thoburn, Bishop and Superintendent (1888–1904)
    • William F. Oldham, Bishop and Superintendent (1904–1912)
    • John E. Robinson, Bishop and Superintendent (1912–1914)
    • William P. Eveland, Bishop and Superintendent (1914–1916)
    • John E. Robinson and J. W. Robinson, Bishops and Superintendents (1916–1920)
    • George H. Bickley, Bishop and Superintendent (1920–1924)
    • Titus Lowe, Bishop and Superintendent (1924–1928)
    • Edwin F. Lee, Bishop and Superintendent (1928–1948)
    • Southeastern Asia Central Conference
    • Raymond L. Archer, Bishop (1950–1956)
    • Hobart B. Amstutz, Bishop (1956–1964)
    • Robert F. Lundy, Bishop (1964–1968)
    • Methodist Church in Malaysia and Singapore
    • Yap Kim Hao, Bishop (1968–1973)
    • Theodore R. Doraisamy, Bishop (1973–1976)
    • Methodist Church in Singapore
    • Kao Jih Chung, Bishop (1976–1984)
    • Ho Chee Sin, Bishop (1984–1996)
    • Wong Kiam Thau, Bishop (1996–2000)
    • Robert M. Solomon, Bishop (2000–present)
  • Methodist Church of South Africa
    • President
    • William B Rayner, President (1900–1901)
    • Alfred T Rhodes, President (1901–1902)
    • Robert Lamplough, President (1902–1903)
    • Nendrick Abrahams, President (1903–1904)
    • Ezra Nuttal, President (1904–1905)
    • Arthur P Chaplin, President (1905–1906)
    • Richard F Hornabrook, President (1906–1907)
    • William J Hacker, President (1907–1908)
    • George Weaver, President (1908–1909)
    • Wesley Hurt, President (1909–1911)
    • Joseph Metcalf, President (1911–1912)
    • Albert H Hodges, President (1912–1913)
    • William Pescod, President (1913–1914)
    • T Edward Marsh, President (1914–1915)
    • Robert Matterson, President (1915–1916)
    • Griffith W Rogers, President (1916–1917)
    • Henry Cotton, President (1917–1918)
    • Samuel Clark, President (1918–1919)
    • James PendlReebury, President (1919–1920)
    • George Robson, President (1920–1921)
    • Arthur J Lennard, President (1921–1922)
    • Charles S Lucas, President (1922–1923)
    • John W Househam, President (1923–1924)
    • John W Watkinson, President (1924–1925)
    • Frederick Holmes, President (1925–1926)
    • Andrew Graham, President (1926–1927)
    • Theo R Curnick BD, President (1927–1928)
    • William Flint DD, President (1928–1929)
    • Geo H P Jacques, President (1929–1930)
    • Allen Lea, President (1930–1931)
    • Ernest Titcomb, President (1931–1932)
    • John A Allcock, President (1932–1933)
    • William Meara, President (1933–1934)
    • Henry W Goodwin, President (1934–1935)
    • Thomas Stanton, President (1935–1936)
    • A Arthur Wellington, President (1936–1937)
    • William Meara, President (1937–1938)
    • Edwin Bottrill, President (1938–1939)
    • Lorenzo S H Wilkinson, President (1939–1940)
    • William Eveleigh, President (1940–1941)
    • William B Allcock, President (1941–1942)
    • Arnold Nichols, President (1942–1943)
    • William W Shilling, President (1943–1944)
    • William Whalley, President (1944–1945)
    • William Meara, President (1945–1946)
    • Cecil C Harris, President (1946–1947)
    • E Lyn Cragg, President (1947–1948)
    • Edward W Grant, President (1948–1949)
    • Joseph B Webb, President (1949–1950)
    • Stanley Le Grove-Smith, President (1950–1951)
    • Alison E F Garrett, President (1951–1952)
    • J Wesley Hunt, President (1952–1953)
    • Herbert W Rist, President (1953–1954)
    • Joseph B Webb, President (1954–1955)
    • Stanley B Sudbury, President (1955–1956)
    • William Illsley, President (1956–1957)
    • Clifford K Storey, President (1957–1958)
    • C Edgar Wilkinson, President (1958–1959)
    • Leslie A Hewson, President (1959–1960)
    • Frank H Edmonds, President (1960–1961)
    • Joseph B Webb, President (1961–1962)
    • Deryck P Dugmore, President (1962–1963)
    • Stanley G Pitts, President (1963–1964)
    • Seth M Mokitimi, President (1964–1965)
    • Wilfred W Hartley, President (1965–1966)
    • Robert C Bellis, President (1966–1967)
    • L G S Griffiths, President (1967–1968)
    • Cyril Wilkins, President (1968–1969)
    • Derrick W Timm, President (1969–1970)
    • C Edgar Wilkinson, President (1970–1971)
    • Alex L Boraine, President (1971–1972)
    • Stanley G Pitts, President (1972–1973)
    • Jotham C Mvusi, President (1973–1974)
    • Vivian W Harris, President (1974–1975)
    • Abel E Hendricks, President (1975–1976)
    • Charles R Stephenson, President (1976–1977)
    • Abel E Hendricks, President (1977–1978)
    • Donald C Veysie, President (1978–1979)
    • Andrew M Losaba, President (1979–1980)
    • Howard F Kirby, President (1980–1981)
    • T Simon N Gqubule, President (1981–1982)
    • Khoza E M Mgojo, President (1982–1983)
    • Fremont C Louw, President (1983–1984)
    • Peter J Storey, President (1984–1985)
    • Ernest N Baartman, President (1985–1986)
    • John P Scholtz, President (1986–1987)
    • Khoza E M Mgojo, President (1987–1988)
    • Stanley Mogoba, President (1988–1998)
    • H Mvume Dandala, President (1998–2003)
    • General Secretary
      • Alfred T Rhodes, General Secretary (1899–1901)
      • Ezra Nuttal, General Secretary (1901–1904)
      • Arthur P Chaplin, General Secretary (1904–1905)
      • Charles Pettman, General Secretary (1905–1911)
      • Henry Cotton, General Secretary (1911–1917)
      • James Robb, General Secretary (1917–1920)
      • John W Househam, General Secretary (1920–1923)
      • William H P Clulow, General Secretary (1923–1926)
      • Alfred A Stile, General Secretary (1926–1927)
      • William H P Clulow, General Secretary (1927–1928)
      • Thomas Stanton, General Secretary (1928–1934)
      • Arthur C File, General Secretary (1934–1938)
      • William H Irving, General Secretary (1938–1939)
      • Arthur C File, General Secretary (1939–1940)
      • William H Irving, General Secretary (1940–1942)
      • Edward W Grant, General Secretary (1942–1943)
      • F J Rhead Marsh, General Secretary (1943–1945)
      • Alison E F Garrett, General Secretary (1945–1951)
      • Stanley B Sudbury, General Secretary (1951–1953)
      • Frank H Edmonds, General Secretary (1953–1960)
      • Lloyd G Griffiths, General Secretary (1960–1961)
      • Alison E F Grant, General Secretary (1961–1962)
      • Stanley B Sudbury, General Secretary (1962–1973)
      • Cyril Wilkins, General Secretary (1973–1982)
      • M Stanley Mogoba, General Secretary (1982–1988)
      • Vivian Harris, General Secretary (1988–2001)

Other Protestant

  • Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
    • Secretary of the International Convention of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) [6]
      • General Secretary
        • Robert Graham Frank (1917–1946)
      • Executive Secretary
        • Gaines M. Cook (1946–1963)
        • A. Dale Fiers (1963–1968)
    • President of the United Christian Missionary Society [7]
      • Frederick W. Burnham (1919–1930)
      • Robert M. Hopkins (1939–1945)
      • Harry B. McCormick (1946–1950)
      • A. Dale Fiers (1951–1964)
      • Virgil A. Sly (1965–1968)
    • General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) [8]
      • A. Dale Fiers (1968–1973)
      • Kenneth L. Teegarden (1973–1985)
      • John O. Humbert (1985–1991)
      • William Nichols, interim (1991–1993)
      • 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 (1968–1969)
      • James M. Moud (1969–1971)
      • Walter D. Bingham (1971–1973)
      • Jean Woolfolk (1973–1975)
      • James A. Moak (1975–1977)
      • James A. Noe (1977–1979)
      • Thomas J. Youngblood (1979–1981)
      • Joy L. Greer (1981–1983)
      • William E. Tucker (1983–1985)
      • T. J. Liggett (1985–1987)
      • Daniel L. Woods (1987–1989)
      • K. David Cole (1989–1991)
      • Marilyn Moffett (1991–1993)
      • D. Duane Cummins (1993–1995)
      • Janet A. Long (1995–1997
      • Michael W. Mooty (1997–1999)
      • Paul D. Rivera (1999–2001)
  • Seventh-day Adventists (complete list) –
  • Uniting Church in Australia
  • United Church of Canada

Other Christian or Christian-derived faiths

Hinduism

  • Bhakti Pramod Puri Goswami, President (1994–1999)
  • Srila Nayananandana Das babaji, President (1999–2002)

Islam

Sunni

Shia

Twelver

  • Marja

Ismaili

Dawat-e-Islami

Ahmadiyya

Nation of Islam

Asia
Eurasia
Europe
North America

Other

Shinto

Sectarian Shinto

  • Senge Takaaki, Kancho (1887–1918)
  • Senge Takamochi, Kancho (1918–1954)
  • Senge Takanobu, Kancho (1954–1963)
  • Senge Michihiko, Kancho (1963–2014)
  • Setsutane Konko, Spiritual Leader (1893–1963)
  • Kagamitaro Konko, Spiritual Leader (1963–1991)
  • Heiki Konko, Spiritual Leader (1991–2021)
  • Kurozumi Muneyasu, Chief Patriarch (1889–1936)
  • Kurozumi Munekazu, Chief Patriarch (1936–1973)
  • Kurozumi Muneharu, Chief Patriarch (1973–2017)
  • Nao Deguchi, Spiritual Leader (1892–1918)
  • Sumi Deguchi, Spiritual Leader (1918–1952)
  • Naohi Deguchi, Spiritual Leader (1952–1990)
  • Kiyoko Deguchi, Spiritual Leader (1990–2001)

West Asian origin

Baháʼí Faith

Jainism

Sikhism

  • Sri Akal Takht Sahib
    • Arur Singh Naushshera, Jathedar (1907–1920)
    • Teja Singh Ji Bhuchar, Jathedar (1920–1921)
    • Teja Singh Ji Akerpuri, Jathedar (1921–1923, 1926–1930)
    • Udham Singh Ji Nagoki, Jathedar (1923–1924)
    • Bhai Acchar Singh Ji, Jathedar (1924–1925)
    • Didar Singh Ji, Jathedar (about a month in 1926)
    • Jawaher Singh Ji, Jathedar (very short period in 1926)
    • Giani Gurmukh Singh Ji Musaffer, Jathedar (1930–1931)
    • Mohan singh Ji Nagoki, Jathedar (1931–1938)
    • Giani Partap Singh Ji, Jathedar (1938–1948)
    • Bhai Sadhu Singh Ji Bhaura, Jathedar (1948–1963)
    • Gurdial Singh Ji Ajnoha, Jathedar (1980–1983)
    • Bhai Kirpal Singh Ji, Jathedar (1963–1965, 1983–1986)
    • Darshan Singh Ji, Jathedar (1986)
    • Bhai Jasbir Singh Ji Rodae, Jathedar (1986)
    • Bhai Gurdev Singh Ji Kaunke, Jathedar (1986–1990s)
    • Manjit Singh Ji, Jathedar
    • Bhai Ranjit Singh Ji, Jathedar
    • Giani Puran singh Ji, Jathedar
    • Joginder Singh Ji Vadanti, Jathedar
    • Gurbachan Singh Ji, Jathedar

Note: 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.

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