Youth in Asia 1,086 Posted May 11, 2021 General waste of space and oxygen thief, Indonesian extremist cleric Tenku Zulkairnin, finally ran out of oxygen and died of Covid-19 https://jakartaglobe.id/news/controversial-cleric-tengku-zulkarnain-dies-from-covid 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted May 13, 2021 Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association cult leader Supreme Master Ruben Ecleo Jr. dead... https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1140195 Son of Ruben Ecleo b. 1934 d. 1987, called the Divine Master, Ecleo Jr. was serving a life sentence in jail for killing his wife in 2002. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted May 25, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/groups/294260820668664/permalink/3987905387970837/ Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, Catholicos-Patriach Cicilia since 2015 dead at 86. Also thought I'd make a list of some of the most influential 20st and 21st century religious leaders (and some bonus ones), monarchs not included (only 70+ people included, plus younger ones with health and other issues) Most of the names from Wikipedia's list: Buddhism Tenzin Gyatso (b. 1935) 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet. Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926-2022) Engaged buddhist leader, Plum Village Tradition founder. Ariyavongsagatanana IX (b. 1927) Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. Daisaku Ikeda (1928-2023) 3rd President of Soko Gakkai, SGI President. Einosuke Akiya (b. 1930) 5th President of Soko Gakkai. Bour Kry (b. 1945) Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia (Thammayut). Samdech Preah Agga Mahā Sangharājādhipati Tep Vong (1932-2024) Great Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia. Minoru Harada (b. 1941) 6th and current President of Soko Gakkai. Gyanashree Mahathir (1925-) Highest religious guru of Bangladesh buddhists (?) Hinduism Swaroopanand Saraswati (1924-2022) Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath, Badrinath and Dwarka Sharada Peetham, Dwarka. Swami Nischalanand Saraswati (b. 1943) Shankaracharya of Govardhan Math, Puri. Bharathi Tirtha (b. 1951) Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri. Mahant Swami Maharaj (b. 1933) Guru and President of BAPS. Jayapataka Swami (b. 1949) Vaishnava Sami, ISKCON religious leader. Mahanth Nritya Gopal Das (b. 1938) Chief of multiple organizations. Mata Amma (b. 1953) Guru, "the hugging saint". Swami Bhoomanandra Tirtha (b. 1933) Reformer-leader Swami Smaranananda (1929-2024) Ramakrishna Mission 16th President. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (b. 1956) TM founder/leader Dr. Sri Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji (b. 1942) Mystic Sri Sri Sri 1008 Basudevacharya Swamiji Maharaj (b. 1941) Teacher, if you could overdose on your name... Christianity Catholicism: Francis (b. 1936) Current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church since 2013. Benedict XVI (1927-2022) Former Pope (2005-2013) of the Roman Catholic Church. Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (b. 1940) 77th Marionite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch since 2011. Wiktor Wysoczański (b. 1939) Polish Catholic Church Bishop Superior of the Old-Catholic Church since 1995. Eastern Orthodoxy: Bartholomew I (b. 1940) 270th Ecumencial Patriarch of Constantinople since 1991. Anastasios of Albania (b. 1929) Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania since 1992. Neophyte of Bulgaria (1945-2024) Patriarch of Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia since 2013. Chrysostomos II of Cyprus (1941-2022) Archbishop of Nova Justiana and All Cyprus since 1996. Ilia II of Georgia (b. 1933) Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia since 1977. Ieronymos II of Athens (b. 1938) Archbishop of Athens and All Greece since 2008. Herman (Swaiko) (1932-2022) Former Archbishop of Washington and New York (2002-2008). Sawa (Hrycuniak) (b. 1938) Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland since 1998. Kirill of Moscow (b. 1946) Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' since 2009. Leo Makkonen (b. 1948) Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland since 2001. Filaret (b. 1929) Patriach of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate since 1995. Daniel (Nushiro) (1938-2023) Archbishop of Tokyo since 2000 Hilarion (Kapral) (1948-2022) ROCOR leader 2008-2022 Stephanos (1940) Archbishop of Tallinn and Estonia since 1999. Aleksandrs (Aleksandrs Kudrjašovs) (1939) Archbishop of Latvia since ca. 1990 Irenaios (1939-2023) Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem 2001-2005 Irenaios (1933) Archbishop of Crete 2006-2021. Damianos I (1935) Archbishop of Mount Sinai since 1973. Stefan (1955) Metropolitan of Skopje since 1999. Onufriy (1944) Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan of Kyiv since 2014. Demetrios of America (1928) Geron of America 1999-2019. Oriental Orthodoxy: Aram I (b. 1947) Catholicos of Cicilia, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church since 1995. Tawadros II (b. 1952) Pope of Alexandria since 2012. Abune Mathias (b. 1941) Co-Patriarch and Catholicos of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church since 2013. Paulose II (1946-2021) Catholicos of the East, Malankara Metropolitan 2006-2021. Karekin II (1951) Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians since 1999. Abba Seraphim (1948) Patriarch of the British Orthodox Church since 1979. Baselios Thomas I (1929) head of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church in India since 2002. Other: Leith Anderson (b. 1944) President of the National Association of Evangelicals. Billy Kim (b. 1934) Former Baptist World Alliance President. Mark Hanson (b. 1946) Former Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Munib Younan (b. 1950) Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Andres Põder (b. 1949) Former Archbishop of Tallinn. Jukka Paarma (b. 1942) Former Archbishop of Turku and Finland. John Vikström (b. 1931) Paarma's predecessor. K. G. Hammar (b. 1943) Former Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of the Church of Sweden. Gunnar Weman (1932-2024) Hammar's predecessor. Anders Wejryd (b. 1948) Hammar's successor. Gerald B. Kieschnick (b. 1943) Former LCMS President. H. George Anderson (b. 1932) Former Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Jan Paulsen (b. 1935) Former Seventh-day Adventists leader. Ted N. C. Wilson (b. 1950) Current Seventh-day Adventists leader. George Carey (b. 1935) Former Archbishop of Canterbury. Rowan Williams (b. 1950) Former Archbishop of Canterbury. Peter Carnley (b. 1937) Former Primate of Australia. Michael Peers (1934-2023) Former Primate of Canada. Peter Kwong (b. 1936) Former Archbishop of Hong Kong. Paul Kwong (b. 1950) Former Archbishop of Hong Kong. Frank Griswold (1937-2023) Former Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. Louis Falk (b. 1935) Former Anglican Church of America Primate. María Luisa Piraquive (b. 1949) Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ International leader and co-founder. Gewargis III (b. 1941) Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. Teodosius Mar Thoma (b. 1949) 22nd Mar Thoma Metropolitan. Russell M. Nelson (b. 1924) 17th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. James T. Draper Jr. (b. 1935) Former Southern Baptist Convention President. Charles Stanley (1932-2023) Former Southern Baptist leader. Robert Barney Dallenbach (b. 1927) Former Pillar of Fire leader. Joseph Tkach Jr. (b. 1951) Former Grace Communion International leader. Konrad Raiser (b. 1938) Former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches. Islam Shia: Ali Khamenei (b. 1939) Supreme Leader of Iran. Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim (1934-2021) Twelver Marja. Muhammad al-Fayed (b. 1930) Twelver Marja. Ali al-Sistani (b. 1930) Twelver Marja. Naser Makarem Shirazi (b. 1927) Twelver Marja. Hossein Wahid Khorasani (b. 1921) Twelver Marja. Loftollah Safi Golpaygani (1919-2022) Twelver Marja. Mufaddal Saifuddin (b. 1946) Da'i al-Mutlaq. Aga Khan IV (b. 1936) Imam of Nizari Ismaili Shia Islam. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (b. 1982) Houthi leader, strong chance of dying in a bomb strike etc. Sunni: Ilyas Qadri (b. 1950) Dawat-e-Islami founding leader Muhammad Taqi Usmani (b. 1943) Deobandi Sheikh ul-Islam. Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926-2022) Chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. KH Ali Yafie (1926-2023) Indonesian islamic leader. Other: Ma'ruf Amin (b. 1943) Spiritual Leader of Nahdlatul Ulama. Khalifatul Masih V. (b. 1950) Ahmadiyya Caliph. Louis Farrakhan (b. 1933) Head of the Nation of Islam. Fethullah Gulen (1941-) Leader of the Gulen movement. Judaism and related Yisrael Meir Lau (b. 1937) Former Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv. Shlomo Amar (b. 1948) Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel. Israel Weiss (b. 1949) Former Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defence Forces. Eric Yoffie (b. 1947) Former President of the Union for Reform Judaism. David Rosen (b. 1951) Former Chief Rabbi of Ireland. Chaim Kanievsky (1928-2022) Haredi leader Gershon Edelstein (1923-2023) Haredi leader Yitzhok Tuvia Weiss (1926-2022) Charedi Chief Rabbi of Israel Moshe Sternbuch (1926-) VP of the Rabbinical Court of Israel. Other William G. Sinkford (b. 1946) Former Unitarian Universalist Association President. Atsuko Ikeda (b. 1931) Jinja Honcho Chairperson. Diane Hegarty (1942-2022) Co-founder of the Church of Satan. Heber Jentzsch (b. 1935) President of the Church of Scientology International. Li Hongzhi (b. 1951/1952) Leader-Founder of Falun Gong. Other cult leaders: Vissarion (b. 1961) Leader of the Church of the Last Testament. Ryuho Okawa (1956-2023) CEO and founder of Happy Science. Raël (b. 1946) Raëlian movement leader/founder. Marshall Vian Summers (b. 1949) New Message from God founder Doomsday cult leaders, excluding terrorists: Credonia Mwerinde (b. 1952) Ugandan Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God leader. Fumihiro Joyu (b. 1962) Hikari no Wa founder. Don Alden Adams (ca. 1925, died 2019) Jehovah's Witnesses leader. Robert Ciranko (1947?-) Jehovah's Witnesses leader. Karen Zerby (b. 1946) The Family International leader. Dwight D. York (b. 1935 or 1945) Nuwaubian Nation leader. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted June 1, 2021 Quite a bad day for islamic scholars: Hichem Djait, Tunisian islamic scholar and award winning historian has died aged 85. Notable works include The Great Fitna (1989) and The Life of Muhammad (2001-2012). Mufti Faizul Waheed, Indian islamic scholar who translated the Quran to Gojri language also died today at 56 from multiple organ failure. He had COVID before and was treated for pneumonia. Apparently a respected figure. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 6, 2021 T. B. Joshua, a charismatic Nigerian pastor, televangelist and philanthropist, has died. He was 57. https://gazettengr.com/breaking-prophet-t-b-joshua-is-dead/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted June 9, 2021 On 17/10/2018 at 11:06, Joey Russ said: Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus is not afraid of dying after cancer diagnosis. "Cured" in the sense that it's not aggressive and can be managed with pills. https://www.philenews.com/koinonia/eidiseis/article/1205267/nikise-ton-karkino-o-archiepiskopos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted June 14, 2021 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mizoram-ziona-chana-head-of-world-largest-family-dies-at-76-1814359-2021-06-13 Ziona, christian polygamy cult leader and more importantly the head of the world's biggest family (39 wives, 94 children, 33 grandchildren and one great grandchild) dead at 76. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,130 Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, arghton said: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mizoram-ziona-chana-head-of-world-largest-family-dies-at-76-1814359-2021-06-13 Ziona, christian polygamy cult leader and more importantly the head of the world's biggest family (39 wives, 94 children, 33 grandchildren and one great grandchild) dead at 76. Only one great grandchild is a pretty poor show from that lot. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted June 25, 2021 http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmeak.html Paul Mea, the Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru for over 40 years from 1978 to 2020 has died aged 81. The Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru is mainly formed of Kiribati and Nauru. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,087 Posted July 9, 2021 On 06/06/2021 at 01:50, alt obits guy said: T. B. Joshua, a charismatic Nigerian pastor, televangelist and philanthropist, has died. He was 57. https://gazettengr.com/breaking-prophet-t-b-joshua-is-dead/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost Just been buried. TB Joshua: Nigerian televangelist buried in Lagos - BBC News 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,423 Posted July 12, 2021 On 25/05/2021 at 19:17, arghton said: Paulose II (b. 1946) Catholicos of the East, Malankara Metropolitan. Paulose II dead from cancer. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted July 13, 2021 https://www.isna.ir/news/1400042115441/یک-شاهینی-دیگر-پر-کشید-محمود-شکیبی-درگذشت Mufti of the Republic of Yemen and another ancient religious leader Mohammed bin Ismail Al Amrani dead at 99. From what I've heard he was not a hardliner, atleast compared to many other muslim leaders. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,086 Posted July 14, 2021 How does one get a job as a mufti? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted July 14, 2021 6 hours ago, Youth in Asia said: How does one get a job as a mufti? You cross the road. Wait....that's getting a job as Tufty. (Kids won't get the reference, but I WILL get my coat). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted July 15, 2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absattar_Derbisali Now Absattar Derbisali, Kazakhstan's grand mufti 2000-2013 has died aged 73. I should make a small list of these, as a lot of them seem to be dying lately... Ahmad Al-Khalili (b. 1942) Grand Mufti of Oman, old frail guy who walks with a cane and seems to be asleep in some pictures of him. Taj El-Din Hilaly (ca. 1941-2023) "Grand Mufti of Australia and New Zealand" according to some from 1992 to 2007. "Controversial" (asshole), sometimes hospitalized. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu (b. 1919) Chief Imam of Ghana. Ancient. Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar (b. 1930/1939) Grand Mufti of India since 2019. Othman Battikh (1941-2022) Grand Mufti of Tunisia, appointed by late dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2008. Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh (b. 1943) Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia since 1999. Blind, looks like a reanimated corpse and also "controversial" Sadiq Al-Ghariani (b. 1942) Grand Mufti of Libya since 2012. On a terrorism watchlist and says that suicide bombings are permitted by sharia law. Also looks like a corpse. Ibrahim Ibn Saleh al-Hussaini (b. 1938) Grand Imam of Nigeria, old and overweight. 15th of August 2021 additions: Abdul Aziz Juned (b. 1941) State Mufti of Brunei since 1994. Allahshukur Pashazadeh (b. 1949) Grand Mufti of the Caucasus since the collapse of the Soviet Union. This includes Azerbaijan, Georgia and parts of Russia (Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Karachay–Cherkessia and Adygea) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted July 26, 2021 Fernando Karadima, child rapist priest from Chile known from the Karadima case, finally dead at 90: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/former-chilean-priest-center-abuse-175722949.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arrowsmith 445 Posted July 27, 2021 5 hours ago, arghton said: Fernando Karadima, child rapist bishop from Chile known from the Karadima case, finally dead at 90: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/former-chilean-priest-center-abuse-175722949.html Not a bishop, former priest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted August 2, 2021 Guy Herbulot, bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes from 1978 to 2000, has died. He was 96. https://actu.fr/societe/essonne-deces-de-mgr-guy-herbulot-eveque-emerite-du-diocese-d-evry-corbeil-essonnes_43857572.html (French language obit) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted August 2, 2021 19 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Guy Herbulot, bishop of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes from 1978 to 2000, has died. He was 96. https://actu.fr/societe/essonne-deces-de-mgr-guy-herbulot-eveque-emerite-du-diocese-d-evry-corbeil-essonnes_43857572.html (French language obit) Dull day, sir, dull day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted August 8, 2021 https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsamo.html Caroline Islands (located Oceania, mostly Micronesia and Palau) Bishop 1995-2020, Amando Samo has died aged 72. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted August 15, 2021 Archbishop Henryk Hoser, the apostolic visitor of Medjugorje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has died. He was 78. His death came after a long illness. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248687/archbishop-henryk-hoser-papal-envoy-to-medjugorje-has-died 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted August 15, 2021 https://uzreport.news/society/ushel-iz-jizni-muftiy-usmonhon-alimov Usmankhan Alimov, Grand Mufti of Uzbekistan since 2006 has died aged 71. Didn't include him on my July 15th list of Grand Muftis due to his young age. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted August 18, 2021 Tomé Ferreira da Silva, 60-year old bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São José do Rio Preto (around 700,000 members) has been removed from his position by Pope Francis after a scandal. The scandal? da Silva masturbated on camera during what was apparently a video call with another man and a video of this was leaked as revenge porn. Also failed to investigate priests accused of sexual abuse towards children. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted August 19, 2021 Shah Ahmad Shafi's (1916-2020) successor as the amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Junaid Babunagari (1953-2021) not as immortal as his predecessor: https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/hefajat-amir-junaid-babunagari-dies-ctg-hospital-2155986 Suffered a stroke a couple of hours ago, died on the way to the hospital. He was 67. Apparently had been suffering from heart disease, kidney diseases and diabetes. Who's next from the group, Nurul Islam Jihadi (1948-2021) or Muhibbullah Babunagari? Both look horrible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted September 3, 2021 On 25/05/2021 at 21:17, arghton said: Islam Shia: Ali Khamenei (b. 1939) Supreme Leader of Iran. Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim (b. 1934) Twelver Marja. Muhammad al-Fayed (b. 1930) Twelver Marja. Ali al-Sistani (b. 1930) Twelver Marja. Naser Makarem Shirazi (b. 1927) Twelver Marja. Hossein Wahid Khorasani (b. 1921) Twelver Marja. Loftollah Safi Golpaygani (b. 1919) Twelver Marja. Mufaddal Saifuddin (b. 1946) Da'i al-Mutlaq. Aga Khan IV (b. 1936) Imam of Nizari Ismaili Shia Islam. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (b. 1982) Houthi leader, strong chance of dying in a bomb strike etc. https://alahadnews.net/231602/العراق/محليات/ Dead. Most senior Shia cleric in Iraq after al-Sistani. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
