Saint Hannibal Mary Di Francia

(July 5, 1851, Messina, Sicily, Italy-June 1, 1927, Messina, Sicily, Italy). Roman Catholic Saint and Founder, Rogationist Fathers of the Heart of Jesus and the Daughters of Divine Zeal. Poet. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, March 16, 1878. Moved to Avignone ghetto. Founded Anthonian Orphanages, 1882. Founder, Daughters of Divine Zeal, 1887. Founder, Rogationist Fathers of the Heart of Jesus, 1897. Confessor to Luisa Piccarreta. Beatified, October 7, 1990. Canonized Saint, May 16, 2004. Feast Day, June 1.

His Eminence Ivan Cardinal Dias

(April 14, 1936, Bombay, India-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mumbai, India, and Prefect, Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, December 8, 1958. Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana, Benin, and Togo, and Titular Archbishop of Rusibisir, May 8, 1982. Apostolic Nuncio to Korea, June 20, 1987. Apostolic Nuncio to Albania, January 16, 1991. Archbishop of Mumbai, India, November 8, 1996-Current. Elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals, February 21, 2001. Prefect, Sacred Congregation on the Evangelization of Peoples, May 20, 2006-Current.

Most Reverend Archbishop Gabino Diaz Merchan

(February 26, 1926, Mora, Spain-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Oveido, Spain, 1969-2002. Ordained Priest, July 13, 1952. Bishop of Guadix, Spain, July 23, 1965. Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain, August 4, 1969. Retired, January 7, 2002.

Bishop Otto Dibelius

(May 15, 1880, Berlin, Germany-January 21, 1967, Berlin, Germany). Bishop of Berlin-Brandenberg, Evangelical Church in Germany, 1945-1966. A leader in the Confessing Church and signer of the Stuttgart Declaration, 1945. A staunch anti-Communist. Bishop of Berlin-Brandenberg, Evangelical Church in Germany, 1945-1966. First German to serve as President, World Council of Churches, 1954-1961. Advocated unity in the Evangelical Church between East and West Germany. Author of numerous religious works.

Most Reverend Bishop Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke

(March 28, 1928, Erfurt, Germany-Alive). Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany. Ordained Priest, July 25, 1952. Bishop of Aachen, Germany, February 16, 1970-Current.

Most Reverend Auxiliary Bishop Franz Dietl

(March 20, 1934, Moosburg, Germany-Alive). Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Munich and Freising, Germany, 1998-Current. Professed vows, Brothers of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Roman Catholic Church, 1953. Ordained Priest, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Roman Catholic Church, August 23, 1959. Incardinated Priest of Munich and Freising, Germany, 1986. Auxiliary Bishop of Munich and Freising, Germany and Titular Bishop of Sebarga, December 22, 1998-Current.

Most Reverend Auxiliary Bishop Karlheinz Diez

(May 20, 1954, Freigerich-Horbach, Germany-Alive). Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany, 2004-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, October 10, 1978. Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany and Titular Bishop of Villa Regis, July 13, 2004-Current.

His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

(1910, Denhok Valley, Kham Derge, Tibet-September 28, 1991, Bhutan). Tibetan Nyingma Buddhist Lineage Holder. Poet. Scholar. Meditation Master of the Mahayana, Mahamudra, and Dzogchen Buddhist traditions. Took vows of a monk, 1921. Enthroned as the mind incarnation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. As a terton, he married Khandro Lhamo. Escaped to Bhutan, where he became the spiritual adviser to the King of Bhutan. A main lineage holder of the Dzogchen Longchen Nyingthig tradition. Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, 1987-1991.

First Presbyter Robert Crawford Dillon

(1795-1847). Evangelical Preacher and Founder-First Presbyter, Reformed English Church. Preacher, Anglican Church. Preacher, Female Orphan Asylum. Minister, Charlotte Chapel, Pimlico, England. Suspended for immorality, 1840. Founder and First Presbyter, Reformed English Church, 1840-1847.

Most Reverend Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio

(June 16, 1944, Newark, New Jersey-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Camden, New Jersy. Ordained Priest, May 30, 1970. Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, September 10, 1996. Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, June 7, 1999-Current.

His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I

(September 8, 1914, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire-October 2, 1991, Istanbul, Turkey). Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1972-1991. Ordained Priest, Greek Orthodox Church, 1942. Bishop of Elaia and Auxiliary Bishop to the Patriarch, 1964-1972. Metropolitan of Imvros and Tenedos, 1972. Archbishop and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, July, 1972. 269th Successor to Saint Andrew as Patriarch of Constantinople.

His Eminence Daniel N. Cardinal DiNardo

(May 23, 1949, Steubenville, Ohio-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, 2006-Current. Ordained Priest, July 16, 1977. Assistant Chancellor, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1981-1984. Staff, Sacred Congregation for Bishops, Rome, Italy, 1984-1990. Assistant Secretary for Education, Diocese of Pittsburgh, 1991-1994. Pastor, Sts. John and Paul, Franklin Party, Pennsylvania, 1994-1997. Co-Adjutor Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, August 19, 1997. Bishop of Sioux City, November 28, 1998-March 26, 2004. Co-Adjutor Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, March 26, 2004-February 28, 2006. Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, February 28, 2006-Current. Elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals, October 17, 2007.

Most Reverend Bishop Gerald Nicholas Dino

(January 11, 1940, Binghamton, New York-Alive). Ruthenian Bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Church of Van Nuys, California, 2007-Current. Ordained Priest, Ruthenian Rite (Byzantine ), Roman Catholic Church, March 21, 1965. Protosyncellus of Passaic and Pastor of St. George Byzantine Catholic Parish, Linden, New Jersey. Ruthenian Bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Van Nuys, California, December 6, 2007-Current.

Reverend Ralph A. DiOrio

(July 19, 1930, Providence, Rhode Island-Alive). Roman Catholic Priest and Spiritual Healer. Ordained Priest, Scalabrini Missionary Order, June 1, 1957. Incardinated as a Diocesan Priest, Leominster, Massachusetts, March 19, 1972. Began healing ministry after being chosen by God as a channel, May 9, 1976. Affiliated with the Charismatic Renewal of the Roman Catholic Church. Director, Apostolate of Healing, Leicester, Massachusetts. Followers assert miraculous cures at his services, including restoration of lost vision, straightening of spines, and renewed functioning of paralyzed limbs.