Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson

(October 8, 1941, Greenville, North Carolina-Alive). Baptist Minister and Civil Rights Leader. Ordained Minister, Baptist Church, 1968. Active in the Black Coalition for United Community Action, 1969. Co-Founder, Operation Breadbasket, Southern Christian Leadership Conference. National Director, Coordinating Council of Community Organizations, 1966-1977. Founder and Executive Director, Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity), 1971-Current. Candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States, 1984, 1988. Television host and commentator. A flamboyant and inspirational speaker. Assumed the civil rights mantle of Martin Luther King, Jr., after his assassination. Involved in numerous successful negotiations to release hostages around the world.

Right Reverend Russell E. Jacobus

(September 27, 1944, Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Alive). Episcopal Bishop of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Ordained Priest, Episcopal Church, August, 1970. Bishop of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1994-Current.

His Excellency Most Reverend Archbishop Jean Jadot

(November 23, 1909, Brussels, Belgium-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop and Apostolic Delegate to the United States, 1973-1980. Ordained Priest, February 11, 1934. Named Archbishop (personal title), February 23, 1968. Bishop of the Roman Curia, May 1, 1968. Apostolic Delegate to the United States, 1973-1980. Archbishop of the Roman Curia, 1980.

Most Reverend Bishop Jean-Paul Jaegar

(September 2, 1944, Nancy, France-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Arras-Boulogne-Saint-Omer, France. Ordained Priest, April 6, 1974. Coadjutor Bishop of Nancy, France, April 11, 1991. Bishop of Nancy, November 30, 1991. Bishop of Arras-Boulogne-Saint-Omer, France, August 12, 1998-Current.

His Eminence Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger

(September 23, 1892, Halle an der Saale, Germany-april 1, 1975, Paderborn, Germany). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany, 1941-1973. Ordained Priest, April 1, 1922. Faculty Member, Studenrat Herne, Westphalia, Germany, 1925-1933. Faculty Member, Hindenburg Realgymnosium, Dortmund, 1933-1939. Archbishop of Paderborn, August 10, 1941. Attended Vatican II Council, 1962-1965. Elevated to College of Cardinals, February 22, 1965. Resigned as Archbishop of Paderborn, June 30, 1973.

General Bishop Janusz Jagucki

(February 14, 1947, Sorkwity, Poland-Alive). General Bishop, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland. Ordained Minister, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession, c. 1970. Pastor, Evangelical churches in Cizycko, Elk, Suwalki, and Ryn, Poland. General Bishop, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, 2000-Current.

Bawa Jain

(1955, Punjab, India-Alive). Jain. Secretary-General, World Council of Religious Leaders, 2002-Current. Founder, World Movement for Nonviolence. Conceived the Gandhi-King Award. Vice President, Interfaith Center of New York, 1997-2000. Co-Director, Season for Nonviolence, 1998-2000. Co-Founder, Global Commission for the Preservation of Sacred Sites. Secretary-General, Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, 2000. Secretary-General, World Council of Religious Leaders, 2002-Current.

Thomas Dexter "T. D." Jakes

(June 9, 1957, South Charleston, West Virginia-Alive). Televangelist and Pastor, The Potter's House, Dallas, Texas. Pentecostal evangelist. Pastor, Greater Emmanuel Temple of Faith, Cross Lanes, West Virginia, to 1996. Founder, The Potter's House, Dallas, Texas, 1996. Religious novelist. Known as "Bishop Jakes" and "T. D. Jakes." Broadcaster and Host, "The Potter's Touch" television program.

HaRav Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jakovits

(February, 1921, Koenigsberg, Germany-October 31, 1999, London, England). Jewish Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth, 1967-1991. Emigrated to England to escape Nazi persecution. Ordained Rabbi. Chief Rabbi of Ireland, 1949-1958. Founding Rabbi, Fifth Avenue Synagogue, New York, New York, 1958. Founder of the discipline of Jewish Medical Ethics. Founder, Jewish Educational Development Trust. Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth, , April 11, 1967-1991. Knighted, 1981. Raised to the peerage as Lord Jakobovits, 1987. Awarded the Templeton Prize for Religion, 1991.

Most Reverend Archbishop Gyorgy-Miklos Jakubinyi

(February 13, 1946, Sighetul-Marmatiei, Romania-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania, 1994-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, April 13, 1969. Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania and Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae, March 14, 1990. Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania, April 8, 1994-Current.