List of current Christian leaders

The following is a current list of the highest-ranking leaders in major Christian churches or denominations. The list is in descending order based on the number of congregants.

Catholic Church

Pope

The 267th bishop of Rome is Pope Leo XIV, who was elected on 8 May 2025. The pope is the patriarch of the Latin Church, the largest of the Catholic Church's 24 autonomous churches. The pope is also head of the college of bishops which governs the universal church. The Papal primacy doctrine of Catholics states that this primacy extends in perpetuity to the pope and throughout the Catholic Church.

Eastern Catholic Churches

The pope is the supreme leader of these churches, and also, the head of the universal college of bishops. Each autonomous church has its own patriarch or other presiding bishop:

Eastern Orthodox Church

Patriarchates

Archbishoprics

Metropolises

Churches in partial communion

Metropolitan of All America and Canada: Tikhon Mollard
Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine: Epiphanius I

Oriental Orthodox Churches

Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria: Tawadros II. He also holds the title Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark the Evangelist and is the spiritual leader of more than 16 million Copts.
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East: Ignatius Aphrem II. He is also the Supreme head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church and Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in India.
Catholicos of India: Baselios Joseph. He also holds the office of Malankara Metropolitan of Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church.
Catholicos of All Armenians: Karekin II
Catholicos of the East: Baselios Marthoma Mathews III
Patriarch-Catholicos of Axum: Abune Mathias
Patriarch of Eritrea: Basilos

Churches not in communion

Patriarch of the British Orthodox Church: Abba Seraphim El-Suriani
Metropolitan of the Malabar Independent Syrian Church: Cyril Mar Baselios I

Church of the East

Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East: Mar Awa III
Catholicos-Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East: Gewargis III Younan

Old Catholic Church

[file:Bernd_wallet-1583705980.jpg|thumb|150x150px|right|Archbishop of Utrecht Bernd Wallet]

Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht: Bernd Wallet, the principal leader of the Union of Utrecht. As a primate of the Old Catholic Church in communion with the see of Utrecht, he is considered first among equals though he does not have jurisdictional authority.
Prime Bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church: Anthony Mikovsky, the principal leader of the Union of Scranton.

Anglican Communion

Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England and ceremonial head of the Anglican Communion: archbishop-designate Sarah Mullally
Monarch of the United Kingdom: King Charles III is the supreme governor of the Church of England, which places him as the titular leader of Anglican Christians in England.
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church: The Most Rev. Sean Rowe
Archbishop of Wales, Primate of the Church in Wales: The Most Rev. Cherry Vann
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church: The Most Rev. Mark Strange
Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of the Church of Ireland: John McDowell
Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada: The Most Rev. Shane Parker
Primate of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil: The Most Rev. Marinez Santos Bassotto
Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia: The Most Rev. Mark Short
President Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East: The Most Rev. Hosam Naoum

Other

Presiding Bishop of the Global United Fellowship: Bishop Joel Peebles
Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance: Thomas Schirrmacher
Chairman of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship: David Mohan
President of the World Communion of Reformed Churches: Najla Kassab
President of the World Methodist Council: Bishop Debra Wallace-Padget
President of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference : Rev. Gaylin Schmeling
President of the Lutheran World Federation: Bishop Henrik Stubkjær. Although the president does not have any jurisdiction outside of his own regional church, as president of the LWF he oversees the meetings of the leaders of other regional churches.
Chairman of the Pentecostal World Fellowship: Dr. William Wilson
Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church: Jean-Luc Schneider
President of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church: Elder Erton Köhler
President of the Baptist World Alliance: Tomás Mackey
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Dallin H. Oaks
Presiding Bishop of the Church Of God In Christ Inc.: John Drew Sheard, Sr
Executive Minister of Iglesia ni Cristo: Eduardo V. Manalo
General of The Salvation Army: Lyndon Buckingham
Prophet-President of the Community of Christ: Stassi D. Cramm
Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church: Tomáš Butta
President of the Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States: Dr. Frank Walker
Patriarch of the Apostolic Catholic Church: Juan Almario Calampiano
Overall Servant of the Members Church of God International: Daniel Razon
Mar Thoma Metropolitan of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church: Theodosius Mar Thoma
President of the Southern Baptist Convention: Clint Pressley
General Superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church International: David K. Bernard
Moderator of the Church of Scotland: Rosemary Frew
Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Yehiel Curry
Moderator of the Metropolitan Community Church: Cecilia Eggleston
President of the United Methodist Church: Tracy Smith Malone
General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): Teresa Hord Owens
Moderator of the United Church of Canada: Kimberly Heath
General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ: Karen Georgia Thompson
Co-moderators of the Presbyterian Church (USA):Cecelia Armstrong and Anthony Larson