Catholic Churches
- Roman Catholic Church – John Paul II, Pope (1978–2005)
- Albanian Catholic Church – Hil Kabashi, Apostolic Administrator (1996–present)
- Ambrosian Catholic Church –
- Armenian Catholic Church – Nerses Bedros XIX, Patriarch of the Catholic Armenians (1999–present)
- Belarusian Catholic Church –
- Bulgarian Catholic Church – Christo Proykov, Archbishop of Sofia (1995–present)
- Chaldean Catholic Church –
- Raphael I BeDaweed, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (1989–2003)
- ??, Apostolic Administrator
- ??, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
- Coptic Catholic Church – Stephanos II, Patriarch of Alexandria (1986–present)
- Georgian Catholic Church –
- Greek Catholic Church – Anarghyros Printesis, Archbishop of Athens (1975–present)
- Hungarian Catholic Church – Szilárd Keresztes, Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (1988–present)
- Maronite Catholic Church – Nasrallah Sfeir, Maronite Patriarch (1986–present)
- Melkite Catholic Church – Grégoire III Laham, Patriarch of the Melkite Catholic Church (2000–present)
- Mozarabic Catholic Church –
- Romanian Catholic Church – Lucian Muresan, Metropolitan of Romania (1994–present)
- Russian Catholic Church –
- Ruthenian Catholic Church – ??, Archbishop of Mukachevo
- Croatian Greek Catholic Church – Slavomir Miklovš, Bishop of Križevci (Byzantine) (1983–present)
- Slovak Catholic Church – Ján Hirka, Archbishop of Preov (1989–present)
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta – Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, Grand Master of the Order (1988–present)
- Syrian Catholic Church – Ignatius Pierre VIII, Patriarch of Antioch (2001–present)
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Church – Varkey Vithayathil, Archbishop of Ernakulam (1999–present)
- Syro-Malankarese Catholic Church – Cyril Mar Baselios, Archbishop of Trivandrum (1995–present)
- Teutonic Knights – Bruno Platter, Grand Master of the Order (2000–present)
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church – Lubomyr Husar, Patriarch of L'viv (2000–present)
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