1740 religious leaders - Events of 1741 - 1742 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year

See also: List of state leaders in 1741

Buddhism

• Tibetan Buddhism - Kelzang Gyatso , Dalai Lama (1708-1757)

Christianity

• Anglican Church - King George II of Great Britain, Supreme Governor of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith (1727-1760)
  • John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (1737-1747)
• Armenian Orthodox Church - Michael I, Patriarch of Cilicia and the Middle East
• Assyrian Church of the East - Mar Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail (1740-1780)
• Coptic Orthodox Church - Pope John XVII of Alexandria (1727-1745)
• Eastern Orthodox Communion - Neophytus VI , Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Cosmas III , Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (1737-1746)
  • Sylvester of Antioch , Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (1724 - 1766)
  • Parthenius, Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1737-1766)
• Roman Catholic Church - Pope Benedict XIV, Pope (1740-1758)
  • Joseph Dergham Khazen of Ghosta, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch (1733-1742)
  • Mar Elyya XII Denha , Patriarch of Babylon (1722-1778)
• Syrian Orthodox Church - Ignatius Shukr Allah II (1722 - 1745)
• Tewahedo Church - Krestodolo III