List of religious leaders in 1956.html



1955 religious leaders - Events of 1956 - 1957 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year

Christianity

Catholic churches

• Roman Catholic Church - Pius XII, Pope (1939-1958)

Eastern orthodox churches

• Russian Orthodox Church - Patriarch Alexius I (1945-1970)
• Patriarch of Constantinople - Patriarch Athenagoras (1948-1972)

Oriental Orthodox Churches

• Armenian Apostolic Church - Vazgen I, Catholicos of Armenia (1955-1994)
• Indian Orthodox Church - Baselious Geevarghese II (1929-1964)

Protestantism and offshoots thereof

• Church of England - Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher (1945-1961)
• Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - President John W. Behnken (1935 - 1962)
• Salvation Army- Wilfred Kitching (General from 1954 to 1963)

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)

Ismailis

• Nizari - Aga Khan IV (1957-present)

Eastern

• Tibetan Buddhism - Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama (1935-present)