Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue
The KAICIID Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue is an online directory of individuals active and expert in the field of IRD including religious leaders, policymakers, heads of international organizations, teachers, trainers and activists. Search the directory to connect with experts and specialists from every region engaged in a wide variety of initiatives.
MOST REVEREND JAMES MASSA
Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, Moderator of the Curia, Vicar for Education, Vicar for Evangelization, Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
The Most Reverend James Massa is an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. A graduate of Boston College and Yale University’s School of Divinity, the Most Reverend Massa pursued his doctorate in systematic theology at Fordham University in New York, where he wrote his disserta...
DR. GUNNAR STÅLSETT
Bishop Emeritus, Oslo
Honorary President, Religions for Peace (RfP)
Dr Gunnar Stålsett was born in Nordkapp, Norway in 1935. He has a long career as a promoter of peace and reconciliation. Presently he is engaged inter alia in Myanmar. He studied theology in Norway, USA and Germany. He has held several national and international posts, such as General Secretary of ...
REV. DR. JOHN PAWLIKOWSKI
Professor Emeritus, Catholic Theological Union
Board Member, Council for the Parliament of the World's Religions
Former President, International Council of Christians and Jews
Rev. Dr. John Pawlikowski has studied the Nazi Holocaust extensively. His scholarly interests include the theological and ethical aspects of the Christian-Jewish relationship and public ethics. A leading figure in the Christian-Jewish dialogue, he is the former president of the International Council...
REV. DR. SHANTA PREMAWARDHANA
President, OMNIA Institute for Contextual Leadership
The Rev. Dr. Shanta D. Premawardhana is President of the OMNIA Institute for Contextual Leadership, a global leadership training institute for religious leaders and people of faith based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Premarawardhana is originally from Sri Lanka, where he attended seminary education, as...
CANON DR. ANDREW SMITH
Director of Interfaith Relations, Church of England, Birmingham
Canon Dr. Andrew Smith is the Director of Interfaith Relations for the Bishop of Birmingham. In 2014, at the Bishop of Birmingham’s request, Andrew set up ‘The Birmingham Conversations’ dialogue process which involved people from six different faiths discussing ‘How faith is lived in modern ...
FR. ZAKARIA MATTA
Priest, Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, Marsa Matrouh
Father Matta Zakaria currently serves as Patron of the Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in Marsa Matrouh, Egypt and serves as a representative of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt in interreligious matters....
SR. KATHLEEN MCGARVEY
Founder, Interfaith Forum of Muslim and Christian Women’s Association
Sr. Kathleen McGarvey is a Catholic Religious Sister of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) and currently the Provincial superior of her Religious Congregation in Ireland. Kathleen earned her Doctorate Degree in Missiology from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. Her research focuse...
PASTOR ZERIHUN DEGU MENEGESTE
Secretary General, Interreligious Council of Ethiopia
Board Member and East Africa Board Chairman, Africa Evangelical Fellowship
Board Chairman, Ethiopian Evangelical Churches Fellowship
Board Member, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation
Member of Steering Committee, African Union
Pastor Zerihun Degu Menegeste was born in 1966 in Ethiopia and is the current Secretary General of the Interreligious Council of Ethiopia. Pastor Menegeste obtained a Master of Arts in Leadership from the Pan Africa Christian University, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Theology from Addis ...
DOZ. DR. MIHAILO POPOVIĆ
Secretary and Scholar, Metropolis of Austria, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Since March 2012, Doz. Dr. Popović has been serving as Secretary of His Eminence the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Dr. Arsenios (Kardamakis) of Austria (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople). Dr. Popović has obtained the following academic qualifications: Doz. Mag. Dr. phil.; 2000: Mag. phil. w...
Canon Mark Poulson
Canon, Inter Faith Relations, Diocese of London
Former Archbishop’s Secretary, Inter-Religious Affairs and National Advisor for Inter-Religious Affairs, Church of England
From 2014 to 2018, Canon Mark Poulson has served as Secretary for Inter-Religious Affairs to the Archbishop of Canterbury and National Inter-Religious Affairs Adviser for the Church of England. Prior to this Mark was the Vicar of St John’s Church, Southall for 11 years, where he and his family sti...