List of religious leaders in 1883

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1882 religious leaders - Events of 1883 - 1884 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year

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Contents 1 Bahá'í Faith 2 Catholic churches 3 Oriental orthodoxy 4 Protestant churches 5 Other Christian 6 Other Abrahamic faiths 7 Buddhism

[edit] Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'u'lláh, meaning "the Glory of God" in English 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 churches

• Roman Catholic Church-Pope Leo XIII-(1878 - 1903)

[edit] Oriental orthodoxy

• Coptic Christianity-Pope Cyril V of Alexandria(November 1, 1874-August 7, 1927)

[edit] Protestant churches

• Church of England: Archbishop of Canterbury - Edward White Benson (January 18, 1883 – October 11, 1896)
• Church of Sweden - Archbishop of Uppsala Anton Niklas Sundberg (1870–1900)
• Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - President Heinrich Christian Schwan (1878 - 1899)

[edit] Other Christian

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) - President of the Church John Taylor (October 10, 1880 – July 25, 1887)
• Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints-Joseph Smith III(1860–1914)
• Church of Christ, Scientist-Mary Baker Eddy(1879-1910)
• Salvation Army - General William Booth - from 1878-1912(Founder who died on August 20, 1912)

[edit] Other Abrahamic faiths

• Judaism
  • Great Britain and British Empire - Nathan Marcus Adler (1845-1891)
• Nizari - Aga Khan II-47th Imam (1881-1885)

[edit] Buddhism

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