Most Reverend Archbishop Dr. Jukka Paarma

(December 1, 1942, Lappeenranta, Finland-Alive). Archbishop of Turku and Finland, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Ordained Priest, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, 1967. Dean, Cathedral of Turku, Finland, 1982-1998. Member, Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, 1986-Current. Archbishop of Turku and Finland, November 2, 1998-Current.

Right Reverend Bishop John Richard Packer

(October 10, 1946, Blackburn, England-Alive). Anglican Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, England, 2000-Current. Ordained Deacon, Anglican Church, 1970. Ordained Priest, Anglican Church, 1971. Teacher of Church History and Pastoral Studies, Ripon College, Cuddesdon, England, 1973-1977. Vicar of Wath, 1978-1986, and Team Rector, Sheffield Manor, 1986-1991. Archdeacon of West Cumberland, 1991-1996. Anglican Suffragan Bishop of Warrington, England, 1996-2000. Anglican Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, England, 2000-Current. Member, House of Lords, 2006-Current.

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Monsignor Wenceslao S. Padilla, CICM

(September 28, 1949, Tubao, La Union, Philippines-Alive). Roman Catholic Monsignor and 1st Superior of the Catholic Church Mission to Mongolia. Ordained Priest, Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Minor, March 17, 1976. Missionary to Taiwan, August 29, 1977-1991. Provincial Superior,Sinica Province, Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Minor, 1985-1991. Founding Superior, Catholic Church Mission to Mongolia, July 10, 1992-Current.

His Eminence Antony Cardinal Padiyara

(February 11, 1921, Manimala, India-March 23, 2000, Kochin, India). Syro-Malabar Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam, 1985-1996. Joined Latin Rite (from Syro-Malabar Rite), Roman Catholic Church. Ordained Priest, December 19, 1945. Bishop of Ootacamund, India, July 3, 1955. Attended Vatican II Council, 1962-1965. Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (returning to his native Rite), June 14, 1970. Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars, April 23, 1985. Vice President, Episcopal Conference of India. President, syro-Malabar Episocopal Conference. Elevated to College of Cardinals, June 28, 1988. Archbishop-Major of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, December 16, 1992. Resigned as Archbishop, November 11, 1996. Awarded the Padmashree, 1998. Founder of a Yoga and Nature Cure Centre near Kochin, India.

Most Reverend Bishop Jiri Pad'our, OFMCap.

(April 4, 1943, Vraclav, Czechoslovakia-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Ordained Priest, Capuchin Order, June 21, 1975. Auxiliary Bishop of Prague, Czech Republic, December 3, 1996. Co-Adjutor Bishop of Ceske Budejovice, February 23, 2001-September 25, 2002. Bishop of Ceske Budejovice, September 25, 2002-Current.

Most Reverend Archbishop Juliusz Paetz

(February 2, 1935, Poznan, Poland-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Poznan, Poland, 1996-2002. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, June 28, 1959. Bishop of Lomza, Poland, December 20, 1982. Archbishop of Poznan, Poland, April 11, 1996-March 28, 2002.

Right Reverend Bishop Rick Painter

Bishop of the Southwest, Charismatic Episcopal Church. Ordained Priest, Charismatic Episcopal Church. Pastor, Christ the King Cathedral, Phoenix, Arizona. Bishop of the Diocese of the Southwest, Charismatic Episcopal Church.

Reverend Ian Richard Kyle Paisley

(April 6, 1926, Armagh, Northern Ireland-Alive). Minister, Free Presbyterian Church, and Irish Protestant Politician. Ordained Minister, Free Presbyterian Church, 1946. Minister, Martyrs Memorial Free Presbyterian Church, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1946-Current. Publisher, Protestant Telegraph. Moderator, Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, 1951-Current. Editor, The Revivalist, 1951-Current. Member, Northern Ireland Parliament, 1970-1972. Member, British House of Commons, 1970-Current. Founder, Democratic Unionist Party, 1971. Member, Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973-1974, 1982, 1999. Member, Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, 1975-1976. President, Whitefield College of the Bible, 1977-Current. Member, European Parliament, 1979-Current. Noted as a virulent anti-Catholic and staunch foe of any political accommodation with Irish nationalists in Ulster. Co-Chairman, World Congress of Christian Fundamentalists, 1976-Current.

His Eminence Pietro Cardinal Palazzini

(May 19, 1912, Piobbico, Italy-October 11, 2000, Rome, Italy). Roman Catholic Archbishop and Vatican Official. Ordained Priest, December 6, 1934. Secretary, Sacred Congregation of the Council, December 18, 1958. Titular Archbishop of Cesarea di Capodocia, August 28, 1962. Attended Vatican II Council, 1962-1965. Secretary, Commission of Cardinals for Pontifical Shrines of Pompei and Loreto, June 13, 1969. Elevated to the College of Cardinals, March 5, 1973. Participated in the Conclaves of 1978. Prefect, Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints, June 27, 1980. Resigned Prefecture, July 1, 1988. Recognized by Yad Vashem as a "righteous among the nations" for his efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust.

Most Reverend Bishop Joseph Pallikaparampil

(April 10, 1927, Mutholapuram, India-Alive). Syro-Malabar Bishop of Palai, Kerala, India, 1981-2004. Ordained Priest, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, November 23, 1958. Auxiliary Syro-Malabar Catholic Bishop of Palai, Kerala, India and Titular Bishop of Abydus, August 15, 1973. Syro-Malabar Catholic Bishop of Palai, Kerala, India, February 6, 1981-March 18, 2004.

Most Reverend Bishop George Pallipparambil, S.D.B.

(May 10, 1954, India-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Miao, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 2005-Current. Ordained Priest, Salesians of Saint John Bosco, Roman Catholic Church, December 20, 1982. Bishop of Miao, Arunachal Pradesh, India, December 7, 2005-Current.

Most Reverend Archbishop Angelo Palmas

(December 21, 1914, Villanova Monteleone, Italy-Alive). Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada, 1975-1990. Ordained Priest, August 15, 1938. Given personal title of Archbishop, June 17, 1964. Bishop of the Roman Curia, June 28, 1964. Apostolic Delegate to Vietnam, c. 1967. Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia, c. 1972. Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada, September 2, 1975-March 28, 1990.