1916 religious leaders - Events of 1917 - 1918 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year

Catholic

• Roman Catholic Church-Pope Benedict XV(1914-1922)

Catholics not in communion with Rome

• Philippine Independent Church - Gregorio Aglipay(1902-1939, founder)

Oriental orthodoxy

• Coptic Christianity-Pope Cyril V of Alexandria(November 1, 1874-August 7, 1927)

Protestant and offshoots

• Church of England-Archbishop of Canterbury-Randall Thomas Davidson(1903-1928)
• Church of Sweden - Archbishop of Uppsala - Nathan Söderblom (1914–1931)
• Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - President Friedrich Pfotenhauer (1911 - 1935)
• Salvation Army-Bramwell Booth: General from 1912-1929
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-President of the LDS Church-Joseph F. Smith-(1901-1918)
• Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Now called Community of Christ) - Frederick Madison Smith (1914–1946)

Judaism

• Chief rabbi of the British Empire- Joseph H. Hertz(1913 to his death in January 14, 1946)

Islam and its offshoots

Ismaili

• Nizari - Aga Khan III (1885-1957)
• Dawoodi Bohras - Syedna Taher Saifuddin (1915-1965)

Ahmadiyya

• Ahmadiyya Muslim Community-Khalifatul Masih II Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad (1914-1965)
• Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement-Maulana Muhammad Ali(Amir 1914-1951)

Bahá'í Faith

• `Abdu'l-Bahá (1892-1921)

Buddhism

• Tibetan Buddhism The 13th Dalai Lama(1876-1933)
• Supreme Patriarch of Thailand-Vajirananavarorasa(1900-1921)