Prophet, Seer, Revelator and President Ezra Taft Benson

(August 4, 1899, Whitney, Idaho-May 30, 1994, Salt Lake City, Utah). 13th Prophet, Seer, Revelator and President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1985-1994. Chairman, Department of Agriculture Economics and Marketing, University of Idaho, 1931. President, Boise, Idaho, Stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1938-1939. Executive Secretary, National Council of Farmers Cooperatives, 1943. First President, Washington, D.C. Stake, 1943. Called to the Council of the Twelve, July 26, 1943. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-1961. President of the Council of the Twelve, December 30, 1973. Ordained and set apart as Prophet, Seer, Revelator, and President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, November 10, 1985. A conservative religious and political leader.

His Eminence Josef Cardinal Beran

(December 29, 1988, Plzen, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary-May 17, 1969, Rome, Italy). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1946-1969. Ordained Priest, June 10, 1911. Spiritual Director of Seminary at Prague, 1932-1942. Arrested by Gestapo, June 6, 1940, and interned in concentration camps, 1942-1945. Archbishop of Prague, Czechoslovakia, November 4, 1946. Imprisoned by Communist regime, 1949-1963. Freed, but impeded from exercising episcopal ministry, 1963-1965. Sent to Rome, February, 1965. Elevated to College of Cardinals, February 22, 1965. Took up residence in Rome. Attended last session of Vatican II Council, 1965. Process for canonization initiated, April 2, 1998.

Karen Berg

Co-Founder, The Kabbalah Centre, Los Angeles, California. Born into a family of secular Jews. Studied Kabbalah under Rav Philip Berg, 1971. Married Rav Berg in Jerusalem, 1971. Co-Founder, The Kabbalah Centre, Los Angeles, California. Mother of Rabbi Michael Berg and Rabbi Yehuda Berg.

Right Reverend Bishop George Berkeley

(1685, Ireland-1753). Philosopher and Anglican Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland, 1734-1753. Dean of Derry, Anglican Church, 1724. Missionary to America. Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland, 1734. Author of A New Theory of Vision, Principles of Human Knowledge, and Alciphron. Noted for arguing that material reality existed only in the mind of God.

Most Reverend Archbishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzaran

(November 4, 1939, Aguascalientes, Mexico-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Yucatan, Mexico. Ordained Priest, July 3, 1966. Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico, June 3, 1983. Archbishop of Yucatan, Yucatan, Mexico, March 15, 1995-Current.

Saint Bernadette Soubirous

(January 7, 1844, Lourdes, France-1879). Roman Catholic Nun and Saint. Noted for her 18 visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who called herself "the Immaculate Conception," beginning on February 11, 1858. Miraculous cures were attributed to the Lourdes site and the intervention of Bernadette. Joined the Convent of the Sisters of Nevers as Marie Gernard, July 29, 1866. Canonized Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, December 8, 1933. Her body, exposed to full view in the convent chapel at Nevers, France, is considered incorruptible by her followers.

His Eminence Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin

(April 2, 1928, Columbia, South Carolina-November 14, 1996, Chicago, Illinois). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, 1982-1996. Ordained Priest, April 26, 1952. Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, March 4, 1966. Apostolic Administrator of Atlanta, sede vacante, 1968. Secretary General, National Conference of Catholic Bishops/U.S. Catholic Conference, 1968-1972. Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, November 21, 1972. President, National Conference of Catholic Bishops/U.S. Catholic Conference, 1974-1977. Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago, July 8, 1982. Elevated to the College of Cardinals, February 2, 1983. Received Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1996. Toward the end of his life, Cardinal Bernardin was accused of sexually abusing a young seminarian early in his career. The accuser recanted, followed by a dramatic reconciliation of the parties.

Most Reverend Archbishop Adriano Bernardini

(August 13, 1942, Pian di Meleto, Italy-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop and Vatican Diplomat. Ordained Priest, March 31, 1968. Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh, August 20, 1992. Archbishop of Faleri, November 15, 1992. Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles, June 15, 1996. Concurrently Apostolic Delegate to Comoros Islands, La Reunion and Mayotte, June 15, 1996. Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, July 24, 1999-Current. Secondarily appointed Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Laos, July 24, 1999-Current. Also appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore and Cambodia, July 24, 1999-Current.