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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 -
  1. Raphael I BeDaweed , Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (1989-2003)
  2. Shlemon Warduni , Apostolic Administrator (2003)
  3. Emmanuel III Delly , Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (2003-present)
• 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 -
  1. Marion Pardy , Moderator (2000-2003)
  2. 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

• Coptic Orthodox Church - Shenouda III of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (1971-present)
• 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)