2003 religious leaders - Events of 2004 - 2005 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year
Catholic Churches
- Roman Catholic Church - John Paul II, Pope (1978-2005)
- Albanian Catholic Church - Hil Kabashi, Apostolic Administrator (1996-present)
- Ambrosian Catholic Church -
- Anglican Catholic Church - John-Charles Vockler, Metropolitan and Archbishop
- Armenian Catholic Church - Nerses Bedros XIX, Patriarch of the Catholic Armenians (1999-present)
- Belarusian 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 -
- Peter VII, Patriarch of Alexandria (1997-2004)
- 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
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