List of religious leaders in 2002
2001 religious leaders – Events of 2002 – 2003 religious leaders – Religious leaders by year
See also:
- List of state leaders in 2002
- List of international organization leaders in 2002
- List of colonial governors in 2002
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Catholic Churches
- Roman Catholic Church – John Paul II, Pope (1978-2005)
- Albanian Catholic Church – Hil Kabashi, Apostolic Administrator (1996-present)
- Ambrosian Catholic Church –
- Armenian Catholic Church – Nerses Bedros XIX, Patriarch of the Catholic Armenians (1999-present)
- Belarussian Catholic Church –
- Bulgarian Catholic Church – Christo Proykov, Archbishop of Sofia (1995-present)
- Chaldean Catholic Church –
- Coptic Catholic Church – Stephanos II, Patriarch of Alexandria (1986-present)
- Georgian Catholic Church -
- Greek Catholic Church – Anarghyros Printesis, Archbishop of Athens (1975-present)
- Hungarian Catholic Church – Szilárd Keresztes, Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (1988-present)
- Maronite Catholic Church – Nasrallah Sfeir, Maronite Patriarch (1986-present)
- Melkite Catholic Church – Grégoire III Laham, Patriarch of the Melkite Catholic Church (2000-present)
- Mozarabic Catholic Church –
- Romanian Catholic Church – Lucian Muresan, Metropolitan of Romania (1994-present)
- Russian Catholic Church -
- Ruthenian Catholic Church – Milan Sasik, Archbishop of Mukachevo (2002-present)
- Serbian Catholic Church – Slavomir Miklovs, Archbishop of Zagreb (1983-present)
- Slovak Catholic Church – Ján Hirka, Archbishop of Preov (1989-present)
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta – Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, Grand Master of the Order (1988-present)
- Syrian Catholic Church – Ignatius Pierre VIII, Patriarch of Antioch (2001-present)
- Syro-Malabarese Catholic Church – Varkey Vithayathil, Archbishop of Ernakulam (1999-present)
- Syro-Malankarese Catholic Church – Cyril Mar Baselios, Archbishop of Trivandrum (1995-present)
- Teutonic Knights – Bruno Platter, Grand Master of the Order (2000-present)
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church – Lubomyr Husar, Patriarch of L'viv (2000-present)
Eastern Orthodox Churches
- Constantinople – Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch (1991-present)
- Albania – Anastasius of Albania, Archbishop of Tiranë and All Albania (1992-present)
- Alexandria – Peter VII, Patriarch of Alexandria (1997-2004)
- Antioch – Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch (1979-present)
- Bulgaria – Maxim of Bulgaria, Patriarch of All Bulgaria (1971-present)
- Cyprus – Chrysostomos, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (1977-present)
- Czechia and Slovakia – Nicholas, Metropolitan of All Czechia and Slovakia (2000-present)
- Georgia – Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1977-present)
- Greece – Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1998-present)
- Jerusalem – Irinaios I, Patriarch of Jerusalem (2001-present)
- North America – Herman, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2002-present)
- Poland – Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland (1998-present)
- Romania – Teoctist of Romania, Patriarch of Romania (1986-present)
- Russia – Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1990-present)
- Serbia – Pavle of Serbia, Patriarch of the Serbs (1990-present)
The following do not currently have canonical standing (legal recognition) in Orthodoxy world-wide:
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate – Patriarch Filaret Denysenko
- Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church – Metropolitan Mefodiy Kydriakov (since the death of Patriarch Filaret Ihumen Dymytrij [Rudyuk])
Protestant Churches
- Assemblies of God – Thomas E. Trask, General superintendent of the Assemblies of God (1993-present)
- United Church of Canada – Marion Pardy, Moderator (2000-2003)
- Church of England -
- Lutheran World Federation – Christian Krause, President of the Lutheran World Federation (1997-present)
- Seventh-day Adventist Church – Jan Paulsen, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (1999-present)
- Southern Baptist Convention – Jack Graham, President of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Church of Sweden – Karl Gustav Hammar, Archbishop of Uppsala (1997-present)
- Worldwide Church of God – Joseph Tkach, Jr., Pastor-General of the Worldwide Church of God (1995-present)
Other
- Jehovah's Witnesses – Don Adams, President of the Jehovah's Witnesses (2000-present)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – LDS Church – Gordon B. Hinckley, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1995-present)
- Tibetan Buddhism – Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1935-present)
- World Council of Churches – Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (1993-2003)
- New Apostolic Church – Richard Fehr, Chief apostle of the New Apostolic Church (1988-present)
- Coptic Orthodox Church – Shenouda III of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (1971-present)
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