List of religious leaders in 2002

2001 religious leaders - Events of 2002 - 2003 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year

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Contents 1 Catholic churches 2 Eastern Orthodox churches 3 Oriental Orthodox churches 4 Protestant churches 5 Other

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 -
  1. Raphael I BeDaweed, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (1989-2003)
  2.  ??, Apostolic Administrator
  3.  ??, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• 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)
• Croatian Greek Catholic Church - Slavomir Miklovš, Bishop of Križevci (Byzantine) (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-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 L'viv (2000-present)

Eastern Orthodox churches

• Constantinople - Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch (1991-present)
• Albania - Anastasius of Albania, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania (1992-present)
• Alexandria - Peter VII, Greek 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 (1977-2006)
• 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 (2001-2005)
• North America - Herman (Swaiko), Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2002-present)
• Poland - Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland (1998-present)
• Romania - Teoctist I, Patriarch of All Romania (1986-2007)
• Russia - Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1990-present)
• Serbia - Pavle of Serbia, Patriarch of the Serbs (1990-present)

The following do not currently have canonical standing (legal recognition) in Orthodoxy world-wide:

• Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate - Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko)
• Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - Metropolitan Mefodiy (Kudryakov)
• Russian True Orthodox Church - Metropolitan Vyacheslav (Lisovoy)

Oriental Orthodox churches

• Coptic Orthodox Church - Shenouda III of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (1971-present)
• Armenian Apostolic Church -
  • Karekin II, Catholicos of Armenia (1999-present)
  • Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia (1995-present)
• Assyrian Church of the East - Mar Dinkha IV, Patriarch (1976-present)
• Ancient Church of the East - Mar Addai II, Patriarch (1969-present)
• Eritrean Orthodox Church -
• Ethiopian Orthodox Church - Abune Paulos (1992-present)
• Indian Orthodox Church - Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan -
  • (Note: It's Syriac Christianity, but independent from the Syriac Orthodox Church)
• Syriac Orthodox Church - Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1980-present)

Protestant churches

• Assemblies of God - Thomas E. Trask, General superintendent of the Assemblies of God (1993-present)
• United Church of Canada - Marion Pardy, Moderator (2000-2003)
• Church of England -
  1. George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury (1991-2002)
  2. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury (2002-present)
• Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - President Gerald B. Kieschnick (2001 - present)
• Lutheran World Federation - Christian Krause, President of the Lutheran World Federation (1997-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)

Other

• Jehovah's Witnesses - Don 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)
• Tibetan Buddhism - Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1935-present)
• World Council of Churches - Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (1993-2003)
• New Apostolic Church - Richard Fehr, Chief apostle of the New Apostolic Church (1988-present)
• Scientology -
  • David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center[1], "highest ecclesiastical official of the Scientology religion" (1987-present)
  • Heber Jentzsch, official president of the Church of Scientology (1982-present)

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