List of religious leaders in 1953

1952 religious leaders – Events of 1953 – 1954 religious leaders – Religious leaders by year

See also:

Contents

1 Christianity
2 Judaism
3 Islam
- 3.1 Ismaili
- 3.2 Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
4 New Religious Movements
5 Buddhism

Christianity

Catholic churches

Roman Catholic Church – Pius XII, Pope (1939–1958)

Eastern Orthodoxy

Russian Orthodox Church – Patriarch Alexius I(1945–1970)

Oriental orthodoxy

Indian Orthodox Church – Baselious Geevarghese II (1929–1964)

Assyrian Christianity

Assyrian Church of the East-Assyrian Patriarch in Qochanis Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII (1920–1975)

Protestant and offshoots

Church of England – Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher(1945–1961)
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod – President John W. Behnken (1935–1962)
The Salvation Army – General Albert Orsborn from 1946 to June 30, 1954

Other Christian

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)
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints(Now called Community of Christ) -Israel Alexander Smith – (1946–1958)

Judaism

Chief rabbi of the State of Israel
- Ashkenazi-Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog(1948–1959)
Chief Rabbi of the British Empire: Sir Israel Brodie(1948–1965)

Islam

Ismaili

Nizari – Aga Khan III (1885–1957)
Dawoodi Bohras – Syedna Taher Saifuddin (1915–1965)

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Khalifatul Masih II, Hazrat Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad (1914–1965)

New Religious Movements

Nation of Islam – Elijah Muhammad(1934–1975)
Radio Church of God- Herbert W. Armstrong(1946–1968 under this name, after 1968 it called Worldwide Church of God and he remained leader)
Church of Scientology – L. Ron Hubbard(1911–1986)

Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism – Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (Officially 1935–present, but not discovered until 1937. See explanation at Dalai Lama)