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Encyclopedia > List of religious leaders in 1925

1924 religious leaders - Events of 1925 - 1926 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year 1924 state leaders - Events of 1925 - 1926 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 1925 List of international organization leaders in 1925 // Africa Egypt - Fuad I, King of Egypt (1922-1936) Ethiopia - Zauditu, Emperor of Ethiopia (1916-1930) Liberia - Charles D.B. King, President... 1924 colonial governors - Events of 1925 - 1926 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year See also: List of state leaders in 1925 List of religious leaders in 1925 List of international organization leaders in 1925 France French Somaliland - Pierre Aimable Chapon-Baissac, Governor of French Somaliland (1924-1932) Guinea - Jean Louis... See also: List of state leaders in 1924 List of colonial governors in 1924 1923 religious leaders - Events of 1924 - 1925 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year // Catholic Roman Catholic Church-Pope Pius XI (1922-February 1939) Catholic not in communion with Rome Mariavite Church - Archbishop Kowalski (1921-1935) Philippine... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a list of the leaders of major religions in any given year. ...

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Catholic

The Roman Catholic Church, (also known as the Catholic Church), is the ancient Christian Church led by the Pope, the Bishop of Rome. ... Pope Pius XI (Latin: ), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (May 31, 1857 – February 10, 1939), reigned as Pope from February 6, 1922 and sovereign of Vatican City from 1929 until his death on February 10, 1939. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Look up February in Wiktionary, the free dictionary February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Catholic not in communion with Rome

It has been suggested that Mariavite Bishops be merged into this article or section. ... The Philippine Independent Church, officially the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) in Filipino, is a Christian denomination belonging to the Roman Catholic tradition in the form of a national church. ... Gregorio Labayan Aglipay was born on May 8, 1860 in Batac, Ilocos Norte, an orphan who grew up in the tobacco fields in the last volatile decades of the Spanish occupation of the Philippines. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC) is a former member of the Old Catholic Union of Utrecht and for much of that period was the only member church of the Union of Utrecht based outside Western or Central Europe (although it was not so when the Philippine Independent Church, also... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Eastern Orthodoxy

The Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Saqartvelos Samotsiqulo Avtokepaluri Martlmadidebeli Eklesia in Georgian language) is one of the worlds most ancient Christian Churches, founded in the 1st century by the Apostle Andrew. ... His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia is the head of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church. ... Ambrosi, originally Bessarion Z. Khelaia (September 7, 1861-March 29, Georgian ecclesiastic figure, scientist, and public benefactor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia in 1921-1927. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Oriental Orthodoxy

Jesus Christ in a Coptic icon. ... HH Pope St. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... -1... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Holy Apostolic and Catholic Assyrian Church of the East is a Christian church that traces its origins to the See of Babylon, said to be founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle. ... Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII, sometimes known as Mar Shimun XXI Ishaya, Catholicos Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1920 until his assassination on November 6, 1975. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Protestant and offshoots

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... Arms of the see of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... Randall Thomas Davidson, Baron Davidson (1848-1930) was an Anglican clergyman who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1903 to 1928. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Church of Sweden, or Svenska kyrkan, is the national church of Sweden. ... The Patriarchal cross The Archbishops Palace in Uppsala, designed in the 18th century by the architect Carl Hårleman, but built on older foundations. ... Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom, better known as Nathan Söderblom (January 15, 1866 - July 12, 1931), was a Swedish clergyman, and later Archbishop of the Church of Sweden and laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize. ... The Salvation Army is a Protestant evangelical Christian denomination and, more famously, a charity and social services organization, with international headquarters at 101 Queen Victoria Street, London. ... Bramwell Booth (March 8, 1856 – June 16, 1929) was the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (1912-1929). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... -1... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ... Heber J. Grant (November 22, 1856 – May 14, 1945) was the seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism). ... In Mormonism, the President of the Church is the head of a Latter Day Saint denomination or church. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Community of Christ Temple in Independence, Missouri, USA. Dedicated 1994 Community of Christ, previously known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or RLDS church is a branch of Mormon Restorationism, and is the second largest denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement. ... Frederick Madison Smith (January 21, 1874 - March 20, 1946) was an American religious leader and author, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (renamed in 2001 the Community of Christ) from 1915 until his death. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Judaism

Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים Standard Hebrew, Aškanazi,Aškanazim, Tiberian Hebrew, ʾAškănāzî, ʾAškănāzîm, pronounced sing. ... Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, also known as Isaac Herzog, was the first Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Ireland and, later, of the British mandate in Palestine and Israel, once formed. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... Chief Rabbi Hertz, 1920 Joseph Herman Hertz, 25 September 1872–14 January 1946, was the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Islam and its offshoots

Ismaili

A sub-sect of the Sevener Shia Muslim Ismaili sect. ... Aga Khan III, founder of the Muslim League Aga Khan III (Arabic: آغا خان الثالث), PC (November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957), also known as Sultan Mahommed Shah (Arabic: سلطان محمد شاه), was born in Karachi (then India, now Pakistan) and was the only son of Aga Khan II, and succeeded him on his death in... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dawoodi Bohras are the main branch of the Bohras (a Mustali subsect of Ismaili Shia Muslims) based in India. ... Dr. Syedna Taher Saifuddin was the 51st Dail Mutlaq and led the Dawoodi Bohra, Ismaili Shia Muslim community between 1915 and 1965. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...

Ahmadiyya

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (sometimes called the Qadiani community, after the locality of Qadian, India) is based on the Ahmadiyya movement founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian in 1889. ... Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Jamaat-i-Ahmadiyya, believe that the elected leader of their community, the Khalifatul Masih, is the second manifestation of the Khalifat (as opposed to the Khalifat which ended with the Ottoman Khalifat of Abdul Mejid II), and that Allah has assured Ahmadi Muslims... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam (not to be confused with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association), formed as a result of an ideological differences between the Ahmadiyya Community after the demise Maulawi Nur ud-Din in 1914, the first Khalifa of its founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. ... Maulana Muhammad Ali 1874-1951 Amir (1914-1951) Muhammad Ali was born in 1874 in Punjab (India). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

Buddhism


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