List of religious leaders in 1952

1951 religious leaders – Events of 1952 – 1953 religious leaders – Religious leaders by year -

Contents 1 Christianity 1.1 Catholic 1.2 Eastern Orthodoxy 1.3 Oriental orthodoxy 1.4 Assyrian Christianity 1.5 Protestant and offshoots 1.6 Other Christian 2 Judaism 3 Islam 3.1 Ismaili 3.2 Ahmadiyya Muslim Community 4 New Religious Movements 5 Buddhism

Christianity

Catholic

• Roman Catholic Church – Pope Pius XII (1939–1958)
• Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites – Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski (1945–1953)

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)

Kimbanguist Church – Maman Muilu Kiawanga(wife of Simon Kimbangu) – 1921–1959

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)

Buddhism

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