List of 17th-century religious leaders
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Buddhism

  • Tibetan Buddhism
    Tibetan Buddhism
    Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India . It is the state religion of Bhutan...

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  • Rin-chen-blo-bzang-rig-'dzins-, Dalai Lama (1697-1706)

  • Blo-bzang-ye-shes, Panchen Lama (?-1737)

  • Karma-Kagyu sect -
  • Yeshe Dorje
    Yeshe Dorje
    Yeshe Dorje was the eleventh Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism.Yeshe Dorje was born in Mayshö, Kham. He was discovered by Minjur Dorje and recognized by Shamar Yeshe Nyinpo, the seventh Shamarpa. Yeshe Dorje was transferred to Central Tibet for his education and was...

    , 11th Karmapa Lama (?-1702)

  • Sakya sect -
  • Duchod Labrangpa Jamgon Kunga, Throne holder (1685-1711)

  • Tibetan Buddhist Mongolia -
  • Zanabazar Öndur gegeen Luvsadambiyjaltsan (1635-1723)

Catholicism

  • Roman Catholic Church
    Roman Catholic Church
    The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

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  • Clement VIII
    Pope Clement VIII
    Pope Clement VIII , born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was Pope from 30 January 1592 to 3 March 1605.-Cardinal:...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1592-1605)
  • Leo XI
    Pope Leo XI
    Pope Leo XI , born Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, was Pope from 1 April 1605 to 27 April of the same year.-Biography:...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1605)
  • Paul V
    Pope Paul V
    -Theology:Paul met with Galileo Galilei in 1616 after Cardinal Bellarmine had, on his orders, warned Galileo not to hold or defend the heliocentric ideas of Copernicus. Whether there was also an order not to teach those ideas in any way has been a matter for controversy...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1605–1621)
  • Gregory XV
    Pope Gregory XV
    Pope Gregory XV , born Alessandro Ludovisi, was pope from 1621, succeeding Paul V on 9 February 1621...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1621-1623)
  • Urban VIII
    Pope Urban VIII
    Pope Urban VIII , born Maffeo Barberini, was pope from 1623 to 1644. He was the last pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1623–1644)
  • Innocent X
    Pope Innocent X
    Pope Innocent X , born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj , was Pope from 1644 to 1655. Born in Rome of a family from Gubbio in Umbria who had come to Rome during the pontificate of Pope Innocent IX, he graduated from the Collegio Romano and followed a conventional cursus honorum, following his uncle...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1644–1655)
  • Alexander VII
    Pope Alexander VII
    Pope Alexander VII , born Fabio Chigi, was Pope from 7 April 1655, until his death.- Early life :Born in Siena, a member of the illustrious banking family of Chigi and a great-nephew of Pope Paul V , he was privately tutored and eventually received doctorates of philosophy, law, and theology from...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1655-1667)
  • Clement IX
    Pope Clement IX
    Pope Clement IX , born Giulio Rospigliosi, was Pope from 1667 to 1669.-Early life:Born Giulio Rospigliosi to a noble family of Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, he was a pupil of the Jesuits. After receiving his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Pisa, he taught theology there...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1667–1669)
  • Clement X
    Pope Clement X
    Pope Clement X , born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was Pope from 29 April 1670 to 22 July 1676.-Early life:Emilio Altieri was born in Rome, the son of Lorenzo Altieri and Victoria Delphini, a Venetian lady...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1670–1676)
  • Innocent XI
    Pope Innocent XI
    Blessed Pope Innocent XI , born Benedetto Odescalchi, was Pope from 1676 to 1689.-Early life:Benedetto Odescalchi was born at Como in 1611 , the son of a Como nobleman, Livio Odescalchi, and Paola Castelli Giovanelli from Gandino...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1676–1689)
  • Alexander VIII
    Pope Alexander VIII
    Pope Alexander VIII , born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was Pope from 1689 to 1691.-Early life:Pietro Ottoboni was born of a noble Venetian family, and was the son of Marco Ottoboni, chancellor of the Republic of Venice...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1689–1691)
  • Innocent XII
    Pope Innocent XII
    Pope Innocent XII , born Antonio Pignatelli, was Pope from 1691 to 1700.-Biography:He was born in Spinazzola to one of the most aristocratic families of the Kingdom of Naples, which included many Viceroys, and ministers to the crown, and was educated at the Jesuit college in Rome.In his twentieth...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1691–1700)
  • Clement XI
    Pope Clement XI
    Pope Clement XI , born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was Pope from 1700 until his death in 1721.-Early life:...

    , Pope
    Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

     (1700–1721)

Eastern Orthodoxy

  • Church of Constantinople
    Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
    The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople , part of the wider Orthodox Church, is one of the fourteen autocephalous churches within the communion of Orthodox Christianity...

     - (complete list), the first among equals in Eastern Orthodoxy
  • Kallinikos II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1694-1702)

  • Patriarchate of Alexandria -
  • Gerasimos II, Pope and Patriarch (1688-1710)

  • Patriarchate of Antioch -
  • Athanasios III (1st time), Patriarch (1686-1694)
  • Athanasios III, Patriarch (1720-1724)

  • Patriarchate of Jerusalem
    Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
    The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem is the head bishop of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Since 2005, the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem has been Theophilos III...

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  • Dositheos II, Patriarch (1669-1707)

  • Russian Orthodox Church
    Russian Orthodox Church
    The Russian Orthodox Church or, alternatively, the Moscow Patriarchate The ROC is often said to be the largest of the Eastern Orthodox churches in the world; including all the autocephalous churches under its umbrella, its adherents number over 150 million worldwide—about half of the 300 million...

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  • Adrian I, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1690-1700)
  • Trifily of Krutitsy, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1700-1701)

  • Serbian Orthodox Church
    Serbian Orthodox Church
    The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...

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  • Kalinik I
    Kalinik I
    Kalinik I Skopljanac was the Patriarch of Peć from 1691 until 1710. He became the spiritual leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church in difficult circumstances, following the exodus of the Serbs to the Kingdom of Hungary , in the First Great Migration of the Serbs, under the leadership of his...

     Skopljanac, Patriarch of Serbia (1693-1710)
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    , Patriarch (1691-1693)

  • Serbian Orthodox Church
    Serbian Orthodox Church
    The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...

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  • Arsenije III Carnojevic
    Arsenije III Carnojevic
    Arsenije III Čarnojević was the Archbishop of Peć and Patriarch of Serbs from 1674 to 1691 and Metropolitan of Szentendre from 1691 to his death in 1706.-Family:Arsenije was born to the Cetinje clan of Old Montenegro...

    , Metropolitan of Sent Andreja (1691-1706)

  • Romanian Orthodox Church
    Romanian Orthodox Church
    The Romanian Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church. It is in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox churches, and is ranked seventh in order of precedence. The Primate of the church has the title of Patriarch...

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  • Theodosios, Metropolitan of Hungaro-Walachia (1679-1708)

  • Bulgarian Orthodox Church
    Bulgarian Orthodox Church
    The Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Bulgarian Patriarchate is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6.5 million members in the Republic of Bulgaria and between 1.5 and 2.0 million members in a number of European countries, the Americas and Australia...

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  • Theodosios, Metropolitan of Turnovo (1697-?)

  • Georgian Orthodox Church -
  • Ioan VII, Catholicos-Patriarch of Iberia (1696-1700)
  • Evdemoz II, Catholicos-Patriarch of Iberia (1700-1703)

  • Orthodox Church of Cyprus -
  • Germanos II, Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cypru (1694-1705)

  • Orthodox Church of Greece -
  • Kyrillos II
    Kyrillos II
    Kyrillos Papadopoulos nicknamed Kyrillatsos was bishop of Larnaca and between 1909-1916 Archbishop of Cyprus....

    , Metropolitan of Athens (1699-1703)

  • Orthodox Church of Albania -
  • Kosmas, Metropolitan of Durrë (1694-1702)

  • Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai -
  • Ioannikios I, Archbishop of Sinai (1671-1702)

  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church
    Ukrainian Orthodox Church
    Ukrainian Orthodox Church may refer to:*Ukrainian Orthodox Church , established in 1990*Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate, established in 1992*Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, established in 1921...

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  • Varlaam I, Metropolitan of Kiev (1690-1707)

  • Orthodox Church of Macedonia -
  • Raphail, Archbishop of Ohrid (1699-1702)

Oriental Orthodoxy

  • Armenian Apostolic Church
    Armenian Apostolic Church
    The Armenian Apostolic Church is the world's oldest National Church, is part of Oriental Orthodoxy, and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD, in establishing this church...

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  • Nahapet I, Catholicose of All Armenian (1691-1705)

  • Eremia II, Catholicose of Aluank' (1676-1701)
  • Armenian Apostolic Church
    Armenian Apostolic Church
    The Armenian Apostolic Church is the world's oldest National Church, is part of Oriental Orthodoxy, and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD, in establishing this church...

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  • Matevos I, Catholicose of Cilicia (1694-1705)

  • Coptic Orthodox Church, (List of Coptic Popes|complete list) -
  • Gabriel VIII
    Pope Gabriel VIII of Alexandria
    Pope Gabriel VIII of Alexandria was the 97th Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark .The Papal Seat during his papacy remained in the Church of the Virigin Mary in Cairo....

    , Pope and Patriarch (1587-1603)
  • vacant (1603-1610)
  • Mark V
    Pope Mark V of Alexandria
    Pope Mark V of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark .The seat of the Pope during his papacy remained in the Church of the Virigin Mary in Cairo....

    , Pope and Patriarch (1610-1621)
  • John XV
    Pope John XV of Alexandria
    Pope John XV of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark .The seat of the Pope during his papacey remained in the Church of the Virigin Mary in Cairo....

    , Pope and Patriarch (1621-1631)
  • Matthew III
    Pope Matthew III of Alexandria
    Pope Matthew III of Alexandria was the 100th Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark . His papacy was during the time when Egypt was part of the Ottoman Empire...

    , Pope and Patriarch (1631-1645)
  • Mark VI
    Pope Mark VI of Alexandria
    Pope Mark VI of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 1645–1660.The seat of the Pope during his papacy remained in the Church of the Virgin Mary in Cairo....

    , Pope and Patriarch (1645-1660)
  • Matthew IV
    Pope Matthew IV of Alexandria
    Pope Matthew IV of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark . Also known as Pope Matta Elmeeri-A monk:...

    , Pope and Patriarch (1660-1676)
  • John XVI
    Pope John XVI of Alexandria
    Pope John XVI of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark .The seat of the Pope during his papacy remained in the Saint Mary Church in Cairo....

    , Pope and Patriarch (1676-1718)

  • Ethiopian Church -
  • Markos, Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1694-1716)

  • Syrian Orthodox Church -
  • Ignatius George II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East (1687-1708)

Lutheran

  • Swedish Church -
  • Olaus Swebilius, Archbishop of Uppsala (1681-1700)
  • Eric Benzelius, Archbishop of Uppsala (1700-1709)

Anglican

  • Church of England
    Church of England
    The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

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  • Effective leadership, (list) -
  • John Whitgift
    John Whitgift
    John Whitgift was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to his death. Noted for his hospitality, he was somewhat ostentatious in his habits, sometimes visiting Canterbury and other towns attended by a retinue of 800 horsemen...

    , Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...

     (1583-1604)
  • Richard Bancroft
    Richard Bancroft
    Archbishop Richard Bancroft, DD, BD, MA, BA was an English churchman, who became Archbishop of Canterbury and the "chief overseer" of the production of the authorized version of the Bible.-Life:...

    , Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...

     (1604-1610)
  • George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...

     (1611-1633)
  • William Laud
    William Laud
    William Laud was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645. One of the High Church Caroline divines, he opposed radical forms of Puritanism...

    , Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...

     (1633-1645)
  • William Juxon
    William Juxon
    William Juxon was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1649 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death.-Life:...

    , Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...

     (1660-1663)
  • Gilbert Sheldon
    Gilbert Sheldon
    Gilbert Sheldon was an English Archbishop of Canterbury.-Early life:He was born in Stanton, Staffordshire in the parish of Ellastone, on 19 July 1598, the youngest son of Roger Sheldon; his father worked for Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford; he...

    , Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...

     (1663-1677)
  • William Sancroft
    William Sancroft
    William Sancroft was the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury.- Life :Sancroft was born at Ufford Hall in Fressingfield, Suffolk, son of Francis Sandcroft and Margaret Sandcroft née Butcher...

    , Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...

     (1678-1690)
  • John Tillotson
    John Tillotson
    John Tillotson was an Archbishop of Canterbury .-Curate and rector:Tillotson was the son of a Puritan clothier at Haughend, Sowerby, Yorkshire. He entered as a pensioner of Clare Hall, Cambridge, in 1647, graduated in 1650 and was made fellow of his college in 1651...

    , Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...

     (1691–1694)
  • Thomas Tenison
    Thomas Tenison
    Thomas Tenison was an English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death. During his primacy, he crowned two British monarchs.-Life:...

    , Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...

     (1695-1715)
    • Formal leadership -
  • Elizabeth I
    Elizabeth I of England
    Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

    , Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British monarchs which signifies their titular leadership over the Church of England. Although the monarch's authority over the Church of England is not strong, the position is still very relevant to the church and is mostly...

     (1559–1603)
  • James I
    James I of England
    James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...

    , Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British monarchs which signifies their titular leadership over the Church of England. Although the monarch's authority over the Church of England is not strong, the position is still very relevant to the church and is mostly...

     (1603–1625)
  • Charles I
    Charles I of England
    Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...

    , Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British monarchs which signifies their titular leadership over the Church of England. Although the monarch's authority over the Church of England is not strong, the position is still very relevant to the church and is mostly...

     (1625–1649)
  • Oliver Cromwell
    Oliver Cromwell
    Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....

    , Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British monarchs which signifies their titular leadership over the Church of England. Although the monarch's authority over the Church of England is not strong, the position is still very relevant to the church and is mostly...

     (1653–1658)
  • Richard Cromwell
    Richard Cromwell
    At the same time, the officers of the New Model Army became increasingly wary about the government's commitment to the military cause. The fact that Richard Cromwell lacked military credentials grated with men who had fought on the battlefields of the English Civil War to secure their nation's...

    , Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British monarchs which signifies their titular leadership over the Church of England. Although the monarch's authority over the Church of England is not strong, the position is still very relevant to the church and is mostly...

     (1658–1659)
  • Charles II
    Charles II of England
    Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

    , Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British monarchs which signifies their titular leadership over the Church of England. Although the monarch's authority over the Church of England is not strong, the position is still very relevant to the church and is mostly...

     (1660–1685)
  • James II
    James II of England
    James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

    , Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British monarchs which signifies their titular leadership over the Church of England. Although the monarch's authority over the Church of England is not strong, the position is still very relevant to the church and is mostly...

     (1685–1688)
  • Mary II
    Mary II of England
    Mary II was joint Sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband and first cousin, William III and II, from 1689 until her death. William and Mary, both Protestants, became king and queen regnant, respectively, following the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the deposition of...

    , Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British monarchs which signifies their titular leadership over the Church of England. Although the monarch's authority over the Church of England is not strong, the position is still very relevant to the church and is mostly...

     (1689–1694, held jointly with William III
    William III of England
    William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...

    )
  • William III
    William III of England
    William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...

    , Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British monarchs which signifies their titular leadership over the Church of England. Although the monarch's authority over the Church of England is not strong, the position is still very relevant to the church and is mostly...

     (1689–1702, held jointly with Mary II
    Mary II of England
    Mary II was joint Sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband and first cousin, William III and II, from 1689 until her death. William and Mary, both Protestants, became king and queen regnant, respectively, following the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the deposition of...

     until 1694)

Other Christian or Christian-derived faiths

  • Assyrian Church of the East
    Assyrian Church of the East
    The Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ʻIttā Qaddishtā w-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi d-Madnĕkhā d-Āturāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centered in Mesopotamia. It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical...

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  • Eliyya X Yohannan Marogin, Patriarch (1660-1700)
  • Eliyya XI Marogin, Patriarch (1700-1722)

  • Assyrian Church of the East
    Assyrian Church of the East
    The Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ʻIttā Qaddishtā w-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi d-Madnĕkhā d-Āturāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centered in Mesopotamia. It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical...

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  • Shimoun XIII Dinkha, Patriarch (1692-1700)
  • Shimoun XIV Sleman, Patriarch (1700-1740)

Islam

  • Muslim Caliphate -
  • Mustafa II "Gazi", Caliph (1695-1703)

  • Dawoodi Bohra
    Dawoodi Bohra
    Dawoodi Bohra is a subsect of Ismāʿīlī Shīʿa Islām. While the Dawoodi Bohra is based in India, their belief system originates in Yemen, where it evolved from the Fatimid Caliphate and where they were persecuted due to their differences from mainstream Sunni Islam...

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  • Syedna Musa Kalimuddin, Dai al-Mutlaq Leader (1692-1711)

See also

  • List of 16th-century religious leaders
  • Events of the 17th-century
    17th century
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  • Religious leaders by year
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