List of religious leaders in 1957
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1956 religious leaders - Events of 1957 - 1958 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year
See also:
- List of state leaders in 1957
- List of international organization leaders in 1957
- List of colonial governors in 1957
Contents |
[edit] Catholic churches
[edit] Eastern orthodox churches
- Russian Orthodox Church - Patriarch Alexius I (1945-1970)
- Patriarch of Constantinople - Patriarch Athenagoras (1948-1972)
[edit] Oriental Orthodox Churches
- Armenian Apostolic Church - Vazgen I, Catholicos of Armenia (1955-1994)
- Indian Orthodox Church - Baselious Geevarghese II (1929-1964)
[edit] Protestantism and offshoots thereof
- Church of England - Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher (1945-1961)
- Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - President John W. Behnken (1935 - 1962)
- Salvation Army- Wilfred Kitching (General from 1954 to 1963)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - LDS Church - David O. McKay, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1951–1970)
[edit] Ismailis
- Nizari - Aga Khan IV (1957-present)
[edit] Buddhism
- Tibetan Buddhism - Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1935-present)
