Religion

CLERICS

Bishop who advanced a tradition of social activism at Pasadena's All Saints Episcopal Church in the 1960s.

Wisconsin Democrat was one of only two Roman Catholic priests to serve as voting members of Congress.

Roman Catholic Cardinal and philosopher who was outspokenly critical of IRA violence during his leadership of the Irish church during the 1980s.

Longtime director of campus ministry at Loyola Marymount University

Roman Catholic missionary and Irish aid pioneer with the Concern charity.

Rabbi headed Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for three decades and helped develop the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

One of Iraq's most powerful political leaders and the head of one of its most prominent Shiite religious dynasties.

Haitian Roman Catholic priest who fought for his countrymen's rights in the U.S.

Former Catholic priest wrote best-selling book calling for reform in the church.

Leading human rights figure whom serial killer Ted Bundy sought out to be his spiritual counselor on death row.

Catholic priest who fled the Communist regime in his native Lithuania and served as pastor at St. Casimir's Church in Los Feliz for nearly 40 years.

Vatican diplomat who went to Washington to try to dissuade President Bush from launching the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Bishop in Chinas underground church who was imprisoned for more than 28 years under the communists.

Jesuit priest founded L.A. retreat house for Catholic clergymen.

Iran's most senior dissident cleric.

Jesuit priest who headed Loyola Marymount University during a period of significant expansion in the 1990s.

Leader of Serbia's Orthodox Church who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic conflicts of the 1990s.

Founded several Episcopal schools and St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in San Juan Capistrano.

South Korea's first Roman Catholic cardinal.

Catholic bishop of Hanoi.

Risked censure in the United Methodist Church for appointing his denomination's first openly gay pastor in 1982.

Former bishop of Santa Rosa diocese resigned after another priest filed a lawsuit accusing Ziemann of sexual misconduct.

EVANGELICALS

Minister, author and dedicated orator who once spoke continuously for more than 34 hours to commemorate the Fourth of July.

Flamboyant preacher of prosperity drew some criticism for his materialistic message. But 2.5 million were drawn to it in the 1970s

Evangelist's son was major figure in Pentecostal movement and longtime leader of Foursquare Gospel.

Mega-church leader who rose to fame with his progressive evangelical ministry only to have it all crumble after a series of sex scandals.

Retired leader of controversial Church Universal and Triumphant

Oklahoma farm boy who popularized the idea of a "prosperity gospel" while becoming one of the world's most recognizable televangelists.

Missionary considered one of America's top 25 influential PREACHERs.

LAY LEADERS

Head of Catholic Charities in Moorpark for 20 years.

Longtime president of Thomas Aquinas College defended the school's strict adherence to Catholic teaching.

Founder of Jewish museums

Islamic leader in Southern California fostered interfaith relations.

Former Sudanese president imposed Islamic law in his country.

First U.S. ambassador to the Vatican and member of Reagan's kitchen cabinet.

MONKS

Tibetan lama, human rights activist and founder of a Buddhist center in Long Beach.

Teacher of Ashtanga yoga credited with introducing the practice to the West.

Last of the founding monks of St. Andrew's Abbey in Valyermo.

MUSICIANS

Former 12-term Democratic congressman from North Carolina, Southern Baptist gospel singer and radio station owner.

Gospel singer who came to fame singing duets with gospel-music star Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Grammy-nominated patriarch of the award-winning gospel music family.

Grammy-nominated Gospel singer and composer known for his up-tempo praise songs.

THEOLOGIANS AND CRITICS

Fuller Theological Seminary professor and prolific author of academic and popular works.

A cultural historian and specialist in Asian religions who in his later life became a leading thinker on religion and the environment.

Time writer posed question 'Is God dead?' in provocative 1966 cover story

Author and essayist who was the last editor of the influential journal Christianity and Crisis.

Benedictine priest who was a leading thinker in the philosophy of science and theology.

Leading intellectual of the Christian right who helped build an influential coalition of conservative Protestants and Roman Catholics.