founder of religious organization
C13287
concept
A founder of a religious organization is an individual who originates, establishes, and provides the initial doctrine, structure, and leadership for a new religious movement or institution.
All labels observed (36)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| founder of religious organization canonical | 18 |
| Latter-day Saint leader | 10 |
| founder of a Sufi order | 8 |
| founder of religious institute | 6 |
| founder of religious institution | 6 |
| co-founder of religious organization | 4 |
| founder of a religious order | 4 |
| Latter Day Saint movement leader | 3 |
| Catholic Worker Movement co-founder | 2 |
| Catholic religious founder | 2 |
| co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church | 2 |
| founder of a religious congregation | 2 |
| founder of church | 2 |
| founder of religious house | 2 |
| Catholic religious foundress | 1 |
| church founder | 1 |
| co-founder of Church of Divine Science | 1 |
| co-founder of L'Abri | 1 |
| co-founder of The Salvation Army | 1 |
| co-founder of a Christian denomination | 1 |
| co-founder of a religious congregation | 1 |
| co-founder of esoteric order | 1 |
| co-founder of religious congregation | 1 |
| co-founder of religious denomination | 1 |
| co-founder of religious institute | 1 |
| founder of Christian Science | 1 |
| founder of Lutheran Church in America | 1 |
| founder of a Sufi tradition | 1 |
| founder of a Sunni madhhab | 1 |
| founder of a religious organization | 1 |
| founder of modern Pentecostalism | 1 |
| founder of monasteries | 1 |
| founder of religious congregation | 1 |
| founder of religious denomination | 1 |
| founder of religious sect | 1 |
| founder of the Japanese Orthodox Church | 1 |
Instances (93)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Jedediah Morgan Grant | Latter-day Saint leader |
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Fr. John Kuzhinapurath (co-founder, traditionally known as Fr. John of Bethany)
surface form:
Fr. John Kuzhinapurath
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co-founder of religious congregation |
| Dorothy May Day | Catholic Worker Movement co-founder |
| Peter Maurin | Catholic Worker Movement co-founder |
| Robert de Todeni, lord of Belvoir | founder of religious house |
| Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti | founder of a Sufi order |
| Anne-Marie Rivier | founder of a religious congregation |
| Ellen G. White | co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| James White | co-founder of religious denomination |
| Abhay Charan De | — |
| Saint Francis of Paola | founder of a religious order |
| Malik ibn Anas | founder of a Sunni madhhab |
| Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi | founder of a Sufi order |
| Gregory the Illuminator | founder of church |
| Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani | founder of a Sufi order |
| Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili | founder of a Sufi order |
| Ahmad al-‘Alawi | founder of a Sufi order |
| Emma Hale Smith | Latter Day Saint movement leader |
| Joseph Smith Sr. | Latter Day Saint movement leader |
| Saint Curig | church founder |
| Charles Ora Card | Latter-day Saint leader |
| Saint Jacob Baradaeus | — |
|
Bow, New Hampshire
surface form:
Mary Baker Eddy
|
founder of Christian Science |
| Adele Howells | Latter-day Saint leader |
| St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort | founder of a religious congregation |
| Cornelia Connelly | founder of religious institute |
| William Bickerton | founder of religious denomination |
| Phineas F. Bresee | — |
| Mary Ward | — |
|
Saint Marcellin Champagnat
surface form:
Marcellin Champagnat
|
founder of religious congregation |
| Philippe Mora | co-founder of religious institute |
| Ignacy Posadzy | co-founder of a religious congregation |
| Jean-Baptiste de La Salle | founder of religious institute |
| Boniface Wimmer | founder of religious institution |
| Saint Louise de Marillac | — |
| Helena Petrovna Blavatsky | co-founder of religious organization |
| Charles F. Parham | founder of modern Pentecostalism |
| St. Alphonsus Liguori | founder of a religious order |
| Edmund Ignatius Rice | Catholic religious founder |
|
Rastko
surface form:
Rastko Nemanjić
|
— |
| Swami Dayanand Saraswati | — |
| Anthony Mary Claret | founder of religious institute |
| Rastko Nemanjić | — |
| Mathilde de Garlande | founder of religious institution |
| Magdalena of Austria | founder of religious institution |
| James Springer White | co-founder of religious organization |
| Ellen Gould Harmon | co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| Saint Marguerite d’Youville | founder of a religious order |
| Louis d’Youville | Catholic religious foundress |
| Robert Fitzharding | founder of religious house |