List of religious leaders in 1861

1860 religious leaders - Events of 1861 - 1862 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year

See also:

• List of state leaders in 1861
• List of colonial governors in 1861

Catholic

• Anglican Communion - John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury (February 22, 1848 – September 6, 1862)
• Roman Catholic - Pope Pius IX (June 16, 1846 – February 7, 1878)

Protestant

• Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - President F. C. D. Wyneken (1850–1864)

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)

Other Abrahamic faiths

• Judaism
  • Great Britain and British Empire - Nathan Marcus Adler (1845–1891)
• Nizari - Aga Khan I-46th Imam (1817–1881)
• Bahá'í Faith / Bábism - Subh-i-Azal (1850–1863)
  • Bahá'u'lláh (1853 / 1863–1892) See Bahá'í/Bábí split

Buddhism

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

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