Clergy
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George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury (1991–2002), Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi (UK), Mustafa Cerić, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, Jim Wallis, Sojourners, USA. 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.](/Images/godic/202502/06/Religious_Leaders,_World_Economic_Forum_2009_Annual_Meeting4419.jpg")
![14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso in 2007](/Images/godic/202502/06/Dalai_Lama_1430_Luca_Galuzzi_2007crop4419.jpg")
![Bishop Maurício Andrade, primate of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil, gives the crosier to Bishop Saulo Barros.](/Images/godic/202502/06/IEAB_2006_mauricio_saulo_crosier4419.jpg")
![Orthodox Christian clergy: bishop (right, at altar), priest (left), and two deacons (in gold)](/Images/godic/202502/06/Orthodox_clergy4420.jpg")
Clergy are some of the formal leaders within certain religions. The roles and functions of clergy vary in different religious traditions but these usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the terms used for individual clergy are cleric, clergyman, clergywoman, clergyperson, and churchman.