List of religious leaders in 1946
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1945 religious leaders - Events of 1946 - 1947 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year
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[edit] Christianity
[edit] Catholic
[edit] Catholic not in communion with Rome
- Polish National Catholic Church - First Prime Bishop Franciszek Hodur: Founder presided as Prime Bishop from (1924-1946)
- Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites - Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski (1945-1953)
- Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the United States of America - John T. Eklund(1945-1948)
- Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil - Carlos Duarte Costa (1945-1961 or later)
[edit] Eastern Orthodoxy
- Patriarch of Constantinople
- Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria-Christopher II (1939–1966)
- Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch - Alexander III (Tahan) (1928 - 1958)
- Orthodox Patriarch of JerusalemTimotheus I (1935 – 1955)
- Russian Orthodox Church - Patriarch Alexius I(1945–1970)
- Church of Greece - Archbishop of Athens Damaskenus (1941-1949)
- Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Kalistrate Tsintsadze (1932-1952)
- Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch of Serbia Gavrilo V Dozic-Medenica (Gabriel V) (1938-1950)
[edit] Oriental orthodoxy
- Coptic Christianity - Pope of Alexandria Joseph II (1946–1956)
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Abuna Qerellos IV (1945 - 1950) (restored, also was part of the Coptic Church until 1959)
- Indian Orthodox Church - Baselious Geevarghese II (1929-1964)
- Syriac Orthodox Church - Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Afram I Barsoum (1933 - 1957)
- Armenian Apostolic Church - Catholicos of Armenia George VI (1945-1954)
[edit] Assyrians
[edit] Protestant and offshoots
- Church of England - Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher(1945-1961)
- Church of Sweden - Archbishop of Uppsala - Erling Eidem(1931–1950)
- Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - President John W. Behnken (1935 - 1962)
- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod - President John Brenner (1933 – 1953)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Archbishop of Turku Aleksi Lehtonen (1945-1951)
- New Apostolic Church - Chief Apostle Johann Gottfried Bischoff (1930 - 1960)
- The Salvation Army -
- General George Carpenter retired June 26, 1946.
- General Albert Orsborn from June 27 1946 to June 30, 1954
- Seventh-day Adventist Church - President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists J. Lamar McElhany (1936 - 1950)
[edit] Other Christian
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) - George Albert Smith, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from May 21, 1945 – April 4, 1951
- Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints(Now called Community of Christ) -
- Frederick Madison Smith - May 15, 1914 – April, 1946
- Israel Alexander Smith - April 6, 1946-October 6, 1958
[edit] Judaism
- Chief rabbi of British Mandate of Palestine
- Chief rabbi of the British Empire- Joseph H. Hertz(1913 to his death in January 14, 1946)
[edit] Islam and its offshoots
[edit] Ismaili
[edit] Ahmadiyya
- Ahmadiyya Muslim Community-Khalifatul Masih II Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad (1914-1965)
- Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement-Maulana Muhammad Ali(Amir 1914-1951)
[edit] New Religious Movements
- Iglesia ni Cristo - Executive minister Felix Manalo (1914-1953)
- Kimbanguism - Simon Kimbangu(1921-1951)
- Mita Congregation - Juanita García Peraza(1940-1970)
- Nation of Islam - Elijah Muhammad(1934-1975)
- Oomoto - Onisaburo Deguchi
- Radio Church of God(now called Worldwide Church of God) - Herbert W. Armstrong(incorporated as the Radio Church of God on March 3, 1946)
- Ramakrishna Mission - President Virajananda(1939–1951)
[edit] Buddhism
- Tibetan Buddhism - Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (Officially 1935-present, but not discovered until 1937. See explanation at Dalai Lama)
- Supreme Patriarch of Thailand Somdet Phra Luang Vajirayanavangsa (1945-1958)
