List of religious leaders in 1879

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1878 religious leaders - Events of 1879 - 1880 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year

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Contents 1 Bahá'í Faith 2 Catholic 3 Protestant 4 Other Christians 5 Other Abrahamic faiths 6 Buddhism

[edit] Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'u'lláh, whose name means "the Glory of God", founded the Bahá'í Faith in 1863. He declared His mission in the city of Baghdad in the Garden of Rizvan ( Persian: رضوان ) near the Tigris River. He died in 1892

[edit] Catholic

• Roman Catholic - Pope Leo XIII (February 20, 1878 - July 20, 1903)

[edit] Protestant

• Church of England - Archbishop of Canterbury -Archibald Campbell Tait (1868 - December 3, 1882)
• Church of Sweden - Archbishop of Uppsala Anton Niklas Sundberg (1870–1900)
• Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - President Heinrich Christian Schwan (1878 - 1899)
• Seventh-day Adventist Church - President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists James White (1865 - 1867), (1869 - 1871), and (1874 - 1880)

[edit] Other Christians

• Church of Christ, Scientist-Mary Baker Eddy(1879-1910)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) - John Taylor led as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles until his presidency of the church started on October 10, 1880.
• Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints-Joseph Smith III(1860–1914)

[edit] Other Abrahamic faiths

• Judaism
  • Great Britain and British Empire - Nathan Marcus Adler (1845-1891)
• Nizari - Aga Khan I-46th Imam (1817-1881)

[edit] Buddhism

• Tibetan Buddhism - Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama(1876 – December 17, 1933)

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