1863 religious leaders - Events of 1864 - 1865 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year

Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'u'lláh, meaning "the Glory of God" in English founded the Bahá'í Faith in 1863. He declared His mission in the city of Baghdad in the Garden of Rizvan ( Persian: رضوان ) near the Tigris River. He died in 1892

Catholic

• Roman Catholic - Pope Pius IX (June 16, 1846 - February 7, 1878)

Protestant

• Church of England - Archbishop of Canterbury Charles Thomas Longley (October, 1862 - October, 1868)
• Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
  • President F. C. D. Wyneken (1850 - 1864)
  • President C. F. W. Walther (1864 - 1878)

Other Christians

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) - Brigham Young, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1844–1877)
• Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints-Joseph Smith III(1860–1914)

Other Abrahamic faiths

• Judaism
  • Great Britain and British Empire - Nathan Marcus Adler (1845-1891)
• Nizari - Aga Khan I-46th Imam (1817-1881)

Buddhism

• Tibetan Buddhism - Trinley Gyatso, 12th Dalai Lama (1856-1875)

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