His Eminence Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy

(February 5, 1924, Kalleri, India-Alive). Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore, 1968-1971, and Vatican Official. Ordained Priest, December 21, 1951. Chancellor, Diocese of Pondicherry, India. Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore, India, August 11, 1962. Attended Vatican II Council, 1962-1965. Co-Adjutor Archbishop of Bangalore, November 9, 1964. Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore, January 11, 1968. Resigned as Archbishop, April 30, 1971. Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, February 26, 1973. Elevated to the College of Cardinals, May 25, 1985. Prefect, Congregation for Oriental Churches, October 30, 1985. Resigned Prefecture, May 24, 1991.

Right Reverend Bishop Henry Irving Louttit

(June 13, 1938, West Palm Beach, Florida-Alive). 9th Episcopal Bishop of Georgia. Ordained Deacon, June, 1963. Ordained Priest, April, 1964. 9th Bishop of Georgia, January, 1995. Member of the governing body of the National Council of Churches.

Most Reverend Bishop Paul Stephen Loverde

(September 3, 1940, Framingham, Massachusetts-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, 1999-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, December 18, 1965. Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, and Titular Bishop of Octabia, February 3, 1988-November 11, 1993. Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, November 11, 1993-January 25, 1999. 3rd Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, January 25, 1999-Current.

Reverend Joseph Echols Lowery

(October 6, 1922, Huntsville, Alabama-Alive). United Methodist Minister and President, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1977-1997. Editor, Informer, 1943-1948. Ordained Minister, United Methodist Church, 1948. Pastor, Warren Street United Methodist Church, Mobile, Alabama, 1951-1961. Founding Member, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1957, President, 1977-1997. Associate of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil rights advocate. Administrative Assistant to Bishop Michael Golden, Nashville, Tennessee, 1961-1964. Pastor, St. Paul United Methodist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 1964-1968. Pastor, Central United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968-1977. Pastor, Cascades United Methodist Church, 1986-1992.

St. Ignatius Loyola

(c. 1491, Loyola, Azpeytia, Spain-July 3, 1556, Rome, Italy). Roman Catholic Saint, Priest and Founder, Society of Jesus. Born Don Inigo Lopez de Loyola. Took the name Ignatius out of devotion to St. Ignatius of Antioch. A soldier, he was wounded by a cannonball, May, 1521. During his convalescence, he resolved to become a "soldier of God." Became a beggar. Founded the Society of Jesus, 1534. Ordained Priest, 1536. His order was recognized by Pope Paul III and dedicated itself to special obedience to the Pope, 1540. Elected General of the Order, April 7, 1541. Canonized Saint, Roman Catholic Church, March 12, 1622.

Charles Jean Marie Loyson (aka Pere Hyacinthe)

(1827-1912). Preacher and Thelogian. Known as Pere Hyacinthe. Ordained Priest, Sulpician Order, Roman Catholic Church. Later became a Dominican and then a Carmelite. Probably the best known preacher in France during his lifetime. Opposed the calling of the first Vatican Council, 1869. Opposed the doctrine of papal infallibility and left the Roman Catholic Church, 1871. Founder, Gallican Church, 1878. Joined Jansenists of Utrecht, 1893.

Bo Lozoff

Co-Founder, Prison Ashram Project, 1973. Married Sita Lozoff, 1966. Co-Founder, Prison Ashram Project, 1973. Co-Founder, Human Kindness Foundation, 1987. Author of We're All Doing Time: A Guide for Getting Free; Just Another Spiritual Book; Lineage and Other Stories; Deep and Simple: A Spiritual Path for Modern Times; The Wonderful Life of a Fly Who Couldn't Fly; Corrections, Peacemaking, and Restorative Justice: Transforming Individuals and Institutions; and It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice . Noted for his work with inmates. Resides at Kindness House outside Durham, North Carolina.

His Eminence Myroslav Ivan Cardinal Lubachivsky

(June 24, 1914, Dolyna, Ukraine-December 14, 2000, Lvov, Ukraine). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lvov, Ukraine, 1984-2000. Ordained Priest, Ukrainian Rite, Roman Catholic Church, September 21, 1938. Ukrainian Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1979. Co-Adjutor Archbishop of Lvov, Ukraine, March 27, 1980. Archbishop of Lvov, Ukraine, September 7, 1984-December 14, 2000. Elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals, May 24, 1985.

General Secretary and Reverend Brian Lucas

(Alive). Roman Catholic Priest and General Secretary, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church. Secretary and Financial Administrator, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia. General Secretary, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, March 22, 2002-Current. Received 2002 Churchill Fellowship to Gregorian University.

Most Reverend Bishop George Joseph Lucas

(June 12, 1949, Saint Louis, Missouri-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, Illinois, 1999-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, May 24, 1975. Bishop of Springfield, Illinois, October 19, 1999-Current.

Sister Lucia

(March 22, 1907, Aljustrel, Portugal-February 13, 2005, Coimbra, Portugal). Roman Catholic Nun and Mystic. Born Lucia dos Santos. As a child, she was tending sheep with her two cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, when she had a mystical experience at Fatima, Portugal, where there was reputedly a miraculous appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary, May 13, 1917. For the next five months, Mary appeared to the children and confided three "secrets" with them. Lucia, the last living Seer of Fatima, wrote the secrets down in 1944. On October 13, 1917, the "Miracle of the Sun" reportedly occurred at Fatima, with nearly 70,000 faithful witnessing the sun spinning out of control and back. She joined the Barefoot Carmelite convent in Coimbra, Portugal, 1921. Authored her "Memoirs" in 1941. Under a vow of silence, she remained in the Coimbra convent until her death.

Most Reverend Auxiliary Bishop Dominic Mai Luong

(December 20, 1940, Minh Cuong, Viet Nam-Alive). Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Orange, California, 2003-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, May 21, 1966. Incardinated Priest from Da Nang, Viet Nam to New Orleans, Louisiana, 1976. Auxiliary Bishop of Orange, California, and Titular Bishop of Cebarades, April 25, 2003-Current.

Reverend Martin Luther

(1483, Eisleben, Germany-1546). Leader of the Protestant Reformation. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, 1507. Chair of Biblical Studies, Unviersity of Wittenberg. Nailed 95 theses against the sale of Indulgences on the door of the Wittenberg Church, 1517. Refused to recant, but fled Wittenberg. Debated Johann Eck and denied the primacy of the Pope, 1519. Excommunicated, 1521. Summoned to the Diet of Worms, where he against refused to recant and was declared an outlaw, 1521. Under protection of Frederick III of Saxony. Returned to Wittenberg, 1522. Discarded his religious habit and married a former nun, 1524. Proclaimed doctrine of justification by faith alone. Wrote the Augsburg Confession of 1830. Founder of what came to be known as Lutheranism.

Bishop Ernest Shaw Lyght

(Salisbury, Maryland-Alive). Resident Bishop of New York, United Methodist Church. Ordained Deacon, United Methodist Church, 1966. Ordained Elder, 1968. Pastor, St. Mary Street-Union Parish, Burlington, New Jersey. Pastor, Church of the Good Shepherd, Willingboro, New Jersey; Pastor, Old Orchards United Methodist Church, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Pastor, St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Montclair, New Jersey, 10 years. District Superintendent, United Methodist Church, 7 years. Resident Bishop of New York, September, 1996-Current.

Right Reverend Bishop Purely Lyngdoh

(November 5, 1949, Jamatia Hills, Meghalaya, India-Alive). Bishop of North East India, Church of North India. Ordained Priest, Church of North India, 1980. Pastor, Church of North India, 1980-1995. Bishop of North East India, Church of North India, 1996-Current. First person from North East India to become a Bishop of the Church of North India.