This is a list of the top-level leaders for religious groups with at least 50,000 adherents, and that led anytime from January 1, 1901, to December 31, 2000. It should likewise only name leaders listed on other articles and lists. Buddhism Sōka Gakkai – Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, President (1930–1944) Josei Toda, President (1951–1958) Daisaku Ikeda, President (1960–1979) Hiroshi Hōjō, President (1979–1981) Einosuke Akiya, President (1981–2006) Thai Buddhism – Vajirananavarorasa, Somdet and Supreme Patriarch (1910–1921) Kromma Luang Jinavorn Sirivaddhana, Somdet and Supreme Patriarch (1921–1937) Phae Tissadeva, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1938–1944) Momrajavong Chuen Noppavong, Somdet and Supreme Patriarch (1945–1958) Plod Kittisobhana, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1960–1962) Yoo Nanodayo, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1963–1966) Chuan Utthayi, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1965–1971) Pun Punnasiri, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1972–1973) Ariyavangsagatayana, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1973–1988) Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana, Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1989–2013) Tibetan Buddhism Dalai Lama of the Gelug (Yellow Hat sect) – Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (1878–1933) Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (1937–present) Panchen Lama of the Gelug (Yellow Hat sect) – Thubten Chökyi Nyima, Panchen Lama (1883–1937) Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen, Panchen Lama (1938–1989) Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Panchen Lama (1989–present), post held in dispute Karmapa Lama (Kagyu sect) – Khakyab Dorje, 15th Karmapa Lama (?–1922) Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa Lama (?–1981) Trinley Thaye Dorje, 17th Karmapa Lama (1959–present) Sakya sect – Phuntsog Phodrang Zamling Chegu, Throne holder (1901–1915) Dolma Phodrang Dragshul Thinley, Throne holder (1915–1936) Phuntsog Phodrang Ngawang Thutob, Throne holder (1937–1950) Dolma Phodrang Ngawang Kunga, Throne holder (1951–present) Mongolia Jebtsundamba Khutuktu — Agvaanluvsanchoyjindanzanvaanchigbalsambuu (1870–1924) Jambalnamdolchoyjijantsan (1991–present) Russia Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia — Damba Ayusheev, XXIV Pandito Khambo Lama (1995–present) Christianity Catholicism Roman Catholicism Catholic Church (complete list) – Leo XIII, Pope (1878–1903) Pius X, Pope (1903–1914) Benedict XV, Pope (1914–1922) Pius XI, Pope (1922–1939) Pius XII, Pope (1939–1958) John XXIII, Pope (1958–1963) Paul VI, Pope (1963–1978) John Paul I, Pope (1978) John Paul II, Pope (1978–2005) Old Catholicism Church of Utrecht – Gerardus Gul, Archbishop of Utrecht (1892–1920) Franciscus Kenninck, Archbishop of Utrecht (1920–1937) Andreas Rinkel, Archbishop of Utrecht (1937–1970) Marinus Kok, Archbishop of Utrecht (1970–1981) Antonius Jan Glazemaker, Archbishop of Utrecht (1982–2000) Joris A.O.L. Vercammen, Archbishop of Utrecht (2000–present) Paul Francis Cope May, Archbishop (1925–1953) Francis Xavier Resch, Archbishop (1953–1963) Walter Xavier Brown, Archbishop (1963–1997) James Edward Bostwick, Archbishop (1997–2009) North American Old Roman Catholic Church – Rudolph de