His Eminence Metropolitan Sawa

(April 15, 1938, Sniatycze, Poland-Alive). Orthodox Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland. Born Michael Hrycuniak. Lecturer, Orthodox Spiritual Seminary of Warsaw, 1961-1979. Ordained Priest, Orthodox Church of Poland, 1964. Took Holy Orders and was given the monastic name of Sawa, 1966. Archimandrite, 1970. Bishop of Lodz-Poznan, Poland, 1979. Bishop of Bialystok-Gdansk, 1981. Archbishop, 1987. Professor of Theology, 1990. Field Bishop of the Polish Army, 1994. Promoted to Brigadier General, Polish Army, 1996. Elected Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland, Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church, May 12, 1998. Chairman, Orthodox Theology Department, University of Bialystok, 1999.

Right Reverend Bishop John Saxbee

((1946, Bristol, England-Alive). Anglican Bishop of Lincoln, England, 2002-Current. Ordained Priest, Anglican Church, 1972. Archdeacon of Ludlow. Anglican Suffragan Bishop of Ludlow, England, 1992-2002. Anglican Bishop of Lincoln, England, 2002-Current.

Very Reverend Dean Francis Bowes Sayre, Jr.

(January 17, 1915, Washington, D.C.-Alive). Episcopal Minister and Dean, Washington National Cathedral. Ordained Priest, Episcopal Church, 1940. Industrial Chaplain, Diocese of Ohio, 1946-1951. Rector, St. Paul's Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1947-1951. Dean, Washington Cathedral, Washington, D.C., 1951-1978. Member, President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, 1961-1965. Grandson of Woodrow Wilson.

Father Michael Scanlan, T.O.R.

Roman Catholic Priest and Chancellor, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. Graduate, Harvard Law School, 1956. Staff, Judge Advocate, U.S. Air Force, 1956. Entered Franciscan Third Order Regular, 1957. Ordained Priest, 1964. Acting Dean, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, 1964-1966, Dean, 1966-1969. Rector-President, St. Francis Major Seminary, Loretto, Pennsylvania, 1969-1974. President, Franciscan University of Steubenville, 1974-August, 2000. Chancellor, Franciscan University of Steubenville, August, 2000-Current. Host, "Franciscan University Presents" television show, EWTN. Author of 16 books and booklets.

Rabbi Solomon Schechter

(December, 1847, Focsani, Romania-November 20, 1915). Conservative Jewish Rabbi and Scholar. Ordained Rabbi, Vienna, Austria, c. 1878. Emigrated to England, 1882. Author a critical edition of Avot According to Rabbi Nathan (1887), Studies in Judaism (1896), and Some Aspects of Rabbinic Theology (1909). Lecturer in Talmud, Cambridge University, 1890. Professor of Hebrew, University College, Cambridge, England, 1899. Journeyed to Cairo and brought back some 100,000 manuscript fragments from the Cairo geniza. President, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, New York, 1902. Founder, United Synagogue of America, 1913.

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His Eminence Leo Cardinal Scheffczyk

(February 21, 1920, Beuthen, Germany-December 8, 2005, Munich, Germany). Roman Catholic Cardinal and Theologian. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, June 29, 1947. Incardinated from Wroclaw, Poland to Munich and Freising, Germany, January 1, 1999. Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany. Elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals, with waiver of episcopal consecration, February 21, 2001.

His Eminence Eusebio Oscar Cardinal Scheid, S.C.I.

(December 8, 1932-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2001-2009. Ordained Priest, Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, July 3, 1970. Bishop of Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, February 11, 1981. Archbishop of Florianopolis, Brazil, January 23, 1991. Archbishop of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 25, 2001-February 27, 2009. Secondarily appointed Bishop of the Faithful of the Oriental Rites of Brazil, October 3, 2001-February 27, 2009. Elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals, October, 2003.

His Eminence Alfredo Vicente Cardinal Scherer

(February 5, 1903, Bom Principio, Brazil-March 9, 1996, Aparecida, Brazil). Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre, 1946-1981. Ordained Priest, April 3, 1926. Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Brazil, June 13, 1946. Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Brazil, December 30, 1946. Attended Vatican II Council, 1962-1965. Elevated to College of Cardinals, April 28, 1969. Participated in Conclaves of 1978. Resigned as Archbishop, August 29, 1981.

Most Reverend Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer

(December 15, 1950, Cerro Largo, Brazil-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Garanhuns, Brazil. Ordained Priest, January 7, 1978. Bishop of Garanhuns, Brazil, April 15, 1998-May 30, 2007. Bishop of Joinville, Brazil, May 30, 2007-Current.

Most Reverend Bishop Manfred Scheuer

(August 10, 1955, Hailbach ob der Donau, Austria-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria, 2003-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, October 10, 1980. Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria, October 21, 2003-Current.