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Right Reverend Bishop Peter R. Mason Anglican Bishop of Ontario, Canada, to 2002. Ordained Priest, Anglican Church of Canada. Bishop of Ontario, Canada. Retired, September 30, 2002. |
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Reverend Dr. Gregg A. Mast (Grand Rapids, Michigan-Alive). President, General Synod, Reformed Church in America, 1999. Ordained Minister, Reformed Church in America, 1976. Served congregations in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Irvington, New Jersey. Senior Minister, First Church in Albany, New York, September, 1988-Current. President, General Synod, Reformed Church in America, 1999. |
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Reverend Ric Masten (June 20, 1929, Carmel, California-Alive). Unitarian Universalist Minister, Artist, Poet and Troubadour. Ordained Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church. Folksinger and song writer. Engaged in singing ministry and college lecturing, 1966-current. Noted for his sensitive message and humorous performances. Author of 14 books. |
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Sri Daya Mata (1914, Salt Lake City, Utah-Alive). President, Self-Realization Fellowship. Born Faye Wright. Met Paramahansa Yogananda, 1931. Became one of the first members of the monastic Self-Realization Fellowship, Los Angeles, California. Served as Yogananda's confidential secretary. After Yogananda's death, she succeeded Rajarsi Janakananda as President, Self-Realization Fellowship, 1955-Current. One of the first women in recent history to be appointed spiritual head of a worldwide religious movement. Author of Enter the Quiet Heart: Creating a Loving Relationship with God; Only Love: Living the Spiritual Life in a Changing World; and Finding the Joy Within You: Personal Counsel for God-Centered Living. |
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Most Reverend Bishop Ambrose Mathalaimuthu (July 20, 1924, Nagalur, India-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Coimbatore, India, 1979-2002. Ordained Priest, December 21, 1951. Bishop of Tuticorin, India, August 30, 1971. Bishop of Coimbatore, India, December 6, 1979. Retired, July 10, 2002. |
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Reverend Cotton Mather (February 23, 1663-February 24, 1728, Boston, Massachusetts). Congregational Minister and Defender of the Salem Witch Trials. Member of prominent family of ministers. Ordained Minister, Congregational Church, 1684. Wrote against the government of Sir Edmund Andros, 1689. Condemned "spectral" evidence, but defended the Salem Witch Trials, 1693. A founder of Yale, but refused to become its President. First American-born member of the Royal Society, 1713. Supported innoculation for smallpox, 1721. Minister, Second Congregational Church of Boston, 1723-1728. A reformer. Campaigned against intemperance and mistreatment of slaves. Supported social improvement movements. |
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Shailer Mathews (May 26, 1863, Portland, Maine-October 23, 1941, Chicago, Illinois). Baptist liberal theologian. President, Northern Baptist Convention, 1915. Dean, Divinity School, University of Chicago, 1908-1933. President, Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, 1912-1916. Author of The French Revolution (1901), The Church in the Changing Order (1907), The Faith of Modernism (1924), New Faith for Old (1936), The Church and the Christian (1938), and The Contributions of Science to Religion. Involved in the Social Gospel movement. |
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Most Reverend Bishop Gerald John Mathias (September 20, 1953, Kallianpur, India-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India. Ordained Priest, April 22, 1979. Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India, December 22, 1999-Current. |
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Bishop Bonar Matondang (July 13, 1949, Sipirok, Indonesia-Alive). Bishop, Christian Protestant Angkola Church of Indonesia (Gereja Kristen Protestan Angkola), 1996-Current. Ordained Minister, Christian Protestant Angkola Church. Chairman, General Bureau, Christian Protestant Angkola Church of Indonesia, 1976-1981. Parish Pastor, Sipirok, Indonesia, 1979-1981. Parish Pastor, Padangsidimpuan, Indonesia, 1983-1986. General Secretary, Christian Protestant Angkola Church of Indonesia, 1986-1996. Bishop, Christian Protestant Angkola Church of Indonesia, April 26, 1996-Current. The Christian Protestant Angkola Church of Indonesia is a member of the Lutheran World Federation. |
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Bishop Victoria Matthews Anglican Bishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1997-Current. Ordained Priest, Anglican Church. Suffragan Bishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, November 19, 1993. Bishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, March 8, 1997-Current. First female Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada. A candidate for Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada in 2004, but forced to withdraw due to ill health. |
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Most Reverend Bishop Leroy Theodore Matthiesen (June 11, 1921, Olfen, Texas-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, 1980-1997. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, March 10, 1946. Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, March 25, 1980. Resigned as Bishop, January 20, 1997. |
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Most Reverend Bishop Luc Julianus Matthys (May 3, 1935, Drongen, Belgium-Alive). 9th Roman Catholic Bishop of Armidale, Australia. Ordained Priest, December 2, 1961. Pastor, Catholic church, Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa, 1961-1976. Incardinated as Priest, Melbourne, Australia, 1976. 9th Bishop of Armidale, Australia, March 17, 1999-Current. |
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