List of religious leaders in 2005

2004 religious leaders – Events of 2005 – 2006 religious leaders – Religious leaders by year

Catholic Churches

• Roman Catholic Church – John Paul II, Pope (1978-2005)
  • Benedict XVI, Pope (2005-present)
• 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 – Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (2003-present)
• Coptic Catholic Church – Stephanos II, Patriarch of Alexandria (1986-present)
• Croation Catholic Church – Slavomir Miklovs, Archbishop of Zagreb (1983-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 -
• Slovak Catholic Church – Ján Hirka, Archbishop of Pre?ov (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 Lviv (2000-present)

Eastern Orthodox Churches

• Constantinople – Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch (1991-present)
• Alexandria – Theodore II, Patriarch of Alexandria (2004-present)
• Antioch – Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch (1979-present)
• Jerusalem – Irinaios I, Patriarch of Jerusalem (2001-present)
• Russia – Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1990-present)
• Serbia – Pavle of Serbia, Patriarch of the Serbs (1990-present)
• Romania – Teoctist of Romania, Patriarch of Romania (1986-present)
• Bulgaria – Maxim of Bulgaria, Patriarch of All Bulgaria (1971-present)
• Georgia – Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1977-present)
• Cyprus – Chrysostomos, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus (1977-present)
• Greece – Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (1998-present)
• Poland – Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland (1998-present)
• Albania – Anastasius of Albania, Archbishop of Tiranë and All Albania (1992-present)
• Czechia and Slovakia – Nicholas, Metropolitan of All Czechia and Slovakia (2000-present)
• America – Herman, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2002-present)

Protestant Churches

• Assemblies of God – Thomas E. Trask, General superintendent of the Assemblies of God (1993-present)
• United Church of Canada – Peter Short, Moderator (2003-present)
• Church of England – Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury (2002-present)
• 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 A. 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 (2004-present)
• New Apostolic Church

1. Richard Fehr, Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church (1988-2005)
2. Wilhelm Leber, Chief Apostle of te New Apostolic Church (2005-present)

• Coptic Orthodox Church – Shenouda III of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (1971-present)
• Unitarian Universalist Association – Rev. William G. Sinkford, President (2001-present)