St. Francis de Sales

(August 21, 1567, Sales, Savoy, France-December 28, 1622, Lyons, France). Roman Catholic Bishop of Geneva, Switzerland and Saint. Born Francis Bonaventure, son of the Lord of Nouvelles and Boisy. Ordained Priest, May 13, 1593. Senior Canon, Geneva. Unsuccessfully attempted to convert the Protestants of Chablais to Catholicism. Bishop of Geneva, July, 1602. Author of Introduction to the Devout Life (1609). Canonized Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, 1665. Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church, 1877.

St. Francis Xavier

(April 7, 1506, Navarre, Spain-December 3, 1552, Sancian, China). Roman Catholic Missionary Priest and Saint. Disciple of St. Ignatius Loyola. Known for his fiery temper and his autocratic methods. One of the first Jesuits. Ordained Priest, Society of Jesus, June 24, 1537. Missionary to India, arriving in Goa in May, 1542. Set out for Japan, 1549, but died off the coast of China, seeking to obtain entrance to that Empire. Miracles have been attributed to him by his followers. Canonized Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, March 12, 1622.

Most Reverend Archbishop Fernand Franck

(May 6, 1934, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Luxembourg. Ordained Priest, June 29, 1960. Archbishop of Luxembourg, December 21, 1990-Current.

Rabbi Leo Morris Franklin

(March 5, 1870, Cambridge City, Indiana-1948). Jewish Reform Rabbi. An early leader of the Reform Movement in Judaism. Ordained Rabbi, June 24, 1892. Rabbi, Temple Israel, Omaha, Nebraska, 1892-1899. 11th Rabbi, Beth El Congregation, Detroit, Michigan, 1899-1941. President, Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1919-1921. Author. He was the first pre-Holocaust voice of reason that confronted anti-Semitism in the 1920's and 1930's from Temple Beth El's pulpit and in nationwide radio addresses.

Most Reverend Benedict Charles Franzetta

(August 1, 1921, East Liverpool, Ohio-Alive). Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, 1980-1996. Ordained Priest, April 29, 1950. Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, July 26, 1980. Retired, September 4, 1996.

Most Reverend Bishop Ruben Oscar Frassia

(December 1, 1945, Buenos Aires, Argentina-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanus, Argentina. Ordained Priest, November 24, 1973. Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 26, 1992. Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, July 22, 1993. Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanus, Argentina, November 25, 2000-Current.