Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh

(1926, Vietnam-Alive). Buddhist Zen Master. Ordained Buddhist Monk, 1942. Co-Founder, An Quang Buddhist Institute, 1950. Founder, School of Youth for Social Service, 1964. Founder, Van Hanh Buddhist University, Vietnam. Poet. Noted advocate for peace. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, 1967. Chair, Buddhist Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks during Vietnam War, 1969-1973. Author of Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire (1967), Being Peace (1987), Peace is Every Step (1992), Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice (1994), and Living Buddha, Living Christ (1997). Founder, Plum Village, France, 1982. Spiritual Director, Order of Inter-Being, 1982-Current.

Most Reverend Metropolitan Nicholas

(February 23, 1936, Perth Amboy, New Jersey-Alive). 3rd Ruling Hierarch of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese. Ordained Priest, American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese, January 11, 1959. Archimandrite, January 23, 1977. First Abbot, Monastery of the Annunciation, Tuxedo Park, New York, 1979. Made profession of vows as a monk, September 16, 1979. Titular Bishop of Amissos and Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, 1982. Bishop, March 13, 1983. Third Ruling Hierarch, American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese, November 25, 1984-Current.

Right Reverend Bishop John "Jack" Nicholls

(July 16, 1943, Rossendale, Lancashire, England-Alive). 6th Anglican Bishop of Sheffield, England, 1997-Current. Ordained Curate, St. Clement Anglican Church, Salford, England, 1967-1969. Curate, All Saints Anglican Church, 1969-1972, Vicar, 1972-1978. Director of Pastoral Theology, College of the Resurrection, 1978-1983. Residentiary Canon, Manchester Cathedral, 1983-1990. Anglican Bishop of Lancaster, England, October, 1989-June, 1997. 6th Anglican Bishop of Sheffield, England, June, 1997-Current.

Most Reverend Archbishop Vincent Gerard Nichols

(November 8, 1945, Crosby, England-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, England, 2000-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, November 21, 1969. Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, and Titular Bishop of Othona, November 5, 1991. Archbishop of Birmingham, England, February 15, 2000-Current.

Most Reverend Bishop Ralph Walker Nickless

(May 28, 1947, Denver, Colorado-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, 2006-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, August 4, 1973. Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, January 20, 2006.

His Eminence Archbishop Nicolai Condrea

(April 15, 1967, Constanta, Romania-Alive). Archbishop of America and Canada, Romanian orthodox Church, 2002-current. Ordained Deacon, Romanian Orthodox Church, 1997. Ordained Priest, Romanian Orthodox Church. Pastor, Lord's Nativity Parish, Romanian Orthodox Church, Stuttgart, Germany. Took monastic vows in Romania, 2001. Patriarchal Secretary, 2001-2002. Archbishop of America and Canada, March 9, 2002-Current.

His Eminence Attilio Cardinal Nicora

(March 16, 1937, Varese, Italy-Alive). Roman Catholic President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, 2002-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, June 27, 1964. Auxiliary Bishop of Milan, Italy, and Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor, April 16, 1977-1987. Bishop of Verona, Italy, June 20, 1992-September 18, 1997. President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, October 1, 2002-Current. Elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals, October 21, 2003.

Reverend Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr

(June 21, 1892, Wright City, Missouri-June 1, 1971, Stockbridge, Massachusetts). Protestant Theologian. Ordained Minister, German Evangelical Church, 1913. Pastor, Bethel Evangelical Church, Detroit, Michigan, 1915-1928. Editor, Christian Century, 1922-1940. Editor, Nation, 1938-1950. Became a proponent of "Christian realism" and social activism. Professor of Applied Christianity, Union Theological Seminary, 1928-1960. A founder of Americans for Democratic Action. Rejected the fundamentalist belief in the literal truth of the Bible in favor of a less dogmatic approach.

Father Robert L. Niehoff, S.J.

(1953, Puyallup, Washington-Alive). Roman Catholic President of John Carroll University, 2005-Current. Joined Society of Jesus, Roman Catholic Church, 1972. Ordained Priest, Society of Jesus, Roman Catholic Church, 1982. Vice President, University of San Francisco, 2002-2005. President, John Carroll University, 2005-Current.

Reverend Martin Niemoeller

(January 14, 1892, Lippstadt, Germany-March 6, 1984, Wiesbaden, Germany). Minister, Evangelical Church of Germany. Ordained Minister, 1924. Pastor of Berlin-Dahlem, 1931. Anti-Nazi supporter, Confessing Church in Germany. Arrested, 1937. Confined to the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps until the end of WWII. Considered a "personal prisoner" of Hitler. Freed by the Allies shortly before he was scheduled to be executed. Took a leading part in the Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt, 1945. President, Evangelical Territorial Church of Hesse and Nassau, 1946-1964. Opposed re-armament, U.S. involvement in Vietnam and anti-Communist crusades. Supported German neutrality after WWII. Against the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949. Frequent visitor to the Soviet Union. An active ecumenist. Member, Provisional Committee founding the World Council of Churches, 1946-1948. Member of the Central and Executive Committees, 1948-1961. A President, World Council of Churches, 1961