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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Pope Adrian IV
Religion
c. 1100 1-Sep-1159 Roman Catholic Pope, 1154-59
Pope Adrian VI
Religion
2-Mar-1459 14-Sep-1523 Roman Catholic Pope, 1522-23
Giulio Alberoni
Religion
21-May-1664 16-Jun-1752 Powerful Italo-Spanish cardinal
Pope Alexander III
Religion
c. 1105 30-Aug-1181 Roman Catholic Pope, 1159-81
Pope Alexander VII
Religion
13-Feb-1599 22-May-1667 Roman Catholic Pope, 1655-67
Pope Alexander VIII
Religion
22-Apr-1610 1-Feb-1691 Roman Catholic Pope, 1689-91
Georges d'Amboise
Religion
1460 25-May-1510 Prime Minister under Louis XII
Francis Arinze
Religion
1-Nov-1932   Congregation of Divine Worship
David Beaton
Religion
c. 1494 29-May-1546 Cardinal, Archbishop of St. Andrews
Robert Bellarmine
Religion
4-Oct-1542 17-Sep-1621 Italian Cardinal and theologian
Pietro Bembo
Scholar
20-May-1470 18-Jan-1547 Prose della volgar lingua
Pope Benedict XI
Religion
1240 7-Jul-1304 Roman Catholic Pope, 1303-04
Pope Benedict XII
Religion
? 25-Apr-1342 Roman Catholic Pope, 1334-42
Pope Benedict XIII
Religion
2-Feb-1649 21-Feb-1730 Roman Catholic Pope, 1724-30
Pope Benedict XIV
Religion
31-Mar-1675 3-May-1758 Roman Catholic Pope, 1740-58
Pope Benedict XVI
Religion
16-Apr-1927   Pope Emeritus
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
Religion
2-Apr-1928 14-Nov-1996 Archbishop of Chicago, 1982-96
Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua
Religion
17-Jun-1923 31-Jan-2012 Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia, 1987-2003
Cesare Borgia
Religion
Sep-1476 12-Mar-1507 Cardinal of Valencia
Raymond Leo Burke
Religion
30-Jun-1948   Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
Adriano Castellesi
Religion
c. 1460 c. 1521 Secretary to Pope Alexander VI
Pope Celestine III
Religion
c. 1106 8-Jan-1198 Roman Catholic Pope, 1191-98
Pope Celestine IV
Religion
? 10-Nov-1241 Roman Catholic Pope, 1241
Pope Clement III
Religion
? 20-Mar-1191 Roman Catholic Pope, 1187-91
Pope Clement IV
Religion
? 29-Nov-1268 Roman Catholic Pope, 1265-68
Pope Clement IX
Religion
28-Jan-1600 9-Dec-1669 Roman Catholic Pope, 1667-69
Pope Clement VI
Religion
1291 6-Dec-1352 Roman Catholic Pope, 1342-52
Pope Clement VII
Religion
26-May-1478 25-Sep-1534 Roman Catholic Pope, 1523-34
Pope Clement VIII
Religion
24-Feb-1536 5-Mar-1605 Roman Catholic Pope, 1592-1605
Pope Clement XII
Religion
7-Apr-1652 6-Feb-1740 Roman Catholic Pope, 1730-40
Pope Clement XIII
Religion
7-Mar-1693 2-Feb-1769 Roman Catholic Pope, 1758-69
Pope Clement XIV
Religion
31-Oct-1705 22-Sep-1774 Roman Catholic Pope, 1769-74
John Cardinal Cody
Religion
24-Dec-1907 25-Apr-1982 Archbishop of Chicago, 1965-82
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Religion
1-Mar-1921 6-Oct-1983 Archbishop of New York, 1968-83
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Religion
24-Aug-1895 2-Nov-1970 Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70
Pietro Damiani
Religion
1007 22-Feb-1072 11th c. Doctor of the Chuch
Godfried Danneels
Religion
4-Jun-1933   Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
John Cardinal Dearden
Religion
15-Oct-1907 1-Aug-1988 Archbishop of Detroit, 1958-80
Daniel Cardinal DiNardo
Religion
23-May-1949   Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
Timothy M. Dolan
Religion
6-Feb-1950   Catholic Archbishop of New York
Avery Cardinal Dulles
Religion
24-Aug-1918 12-Dec-2008 Fordham Professor, Roman Catholic Cardinal
Edward Cardinal Egan
Religion
2-Apr-1932 5-Mar-2015 Catholic Archbishop of New York, 2000-09
John Fisher
Religion
19-Oct-1469 22-Jun-1535 Saint John Fisher, executed by Henry VIII
Pope Francis
Religion
17-Dec-1936   Roman Catholic Pontiff
Francis Cardinal George
Religion
16-Jan-1937 17-Apr-2015 Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, 1997-2014
Pope Gregory VIII
Religion
? 1187 Roman Catholic Pope, 1187
Pope Gregory XIII
Religion
7-Jan-1502 10-Apr-1585 Roman Catholic Pope, 1572-85
Pope Gregory XIV
Religion
11-Feb-1535 15-Oct-1591 Roman Catholic Pope, 1590-91
Pope Gregory XV
Religion
9-Jan-1554 8-Jul-1623 Roman Catholic Pope, 1621-23
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley
Religion
25-Aug-1865 17-Mar-1943 Archbishop of Westminster, 1935-43
Pope Honorius III
Religion
? 18-Mar-1227 Roman Catholic Pope, 1216-27
Pope Honorius IV
Religion
c. 1210 3-Apr-1287 Roman Catholic Pope, 1285-87
Basil Cardinal Hume
Religion
2-Mar-1923 17-Jun-1999 Archbishop of Westminster, 1976-99
Cláudio Hummes
Religion
8-Aug-1934   Archbishop of Sใo Paulo
Pope Innocent IX
Religion
20-Jul-1519 30-Dec-1591 Roman Catholic Pope, 1591
Pope Innocent VI
Religion
? 12-Sep-1362 Roman Catholic Pope, 1352-62
Pope Innocent VII
Religion
1336 6-Nov-1406 Roman Catholic Pope, 1404-06
Pope Innocent VIII
Religion
1432 25-Jul-1492 Roman Catholic Pope, 1484-92
Pope Innocent X
Religion
6-May-1574 7-Jan-1655 Roman Catholic Pope, 1644-55
Pope Innocent XI
Religion
16-May-1611 12-Aug-1689 Roman Catholic Pope, 1676-89
Pope Innocent XIII
Religion
13-May-1655 7-Mar-1724 Roman Catholic Pope, 1721-24
Pope Innocent IV
Religion
? 7-Dec-1254 Roman Catholic Pope, 1243-54
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Religion
1436 8-Nov-1517 Ascetic Spanish Cardinal and statesman
Pope John XXI
Religion
c. 1215 20-May-1277 Roman Catholic Pope, 1276-77
Pope John XXII
Religion
1249 4-Dec-1334 Roman Catholic Pope, 1316-34
Pope Julius II
Religion
5-Dec-1443 21-Feb-1513 Roman Catholic Pope, 1503-13
Pope Julius III
Religion
10-Sep-1487 23-Mar-1555 Roman Catholic Pope, 1550-55
William Cardinal Keeler
Religion
4-Mar-1931   Archbishop of Baltimore, 1989-2007
Bernard Cardinal Law
Religion
4-Nov-1931   Archbishop of Boston, 1984-2002
Pope Leo XI
Religion
2-Jun-1535 27-Apr-1605 Roman Catholic Pope, 1605
William J. Levada
Religion
15-Jun-1936   Head Inquisitor
Pope Lucius II
Religion
? 15-Feb-1145 Roman Catholic Pope, 1144-45
Pope Lucius III
Religion
c. 1097 25-Nov-1185 Roman Catholic Pope, 1181-85
Jean-Marie Lustiger
Religion
17-Sep-1926 5-Aug-2007 Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005
Roger Cardinal Mahony
Religion
27-Feb-1936   Cardinal, Archbishop of Los Angeles
Adam Cardinal Maida
Religion
18-Mar-1930   Catholic Archbishop of Detroit, 1990-2009
Timothy Cardinal Manning
Religion
15-Nov-1909 23-Jun-1989 Archbishop of Los Angeles, 1970-85
Pope Marcellus II
Religion
6-May-1501 30-Apr-1555 Roman Catholic Pope, 1555
Jules Mazarin
Religion
14-Jul-1602 9-Mar-1661 French Cardinal and Statesman
Theodore Cardinal McCarrick
Religion
7-Jul-1930   Archbishop of Washington, 2000-06
Humberto Cardinal Medeiros
Religion
6-Oct-1915 17-Sep-1983 Archbishop of Boston, 1970-83
Albert Cardinal Meyer
Religion
9-Mar-1903 9-Apr-1965 Archbishop of Chicago, 1958-65
Edward Cardinal Mooney
Religion
9-May-1882 25-Oct-1958 Archbishop of Detroit, 1937-58
George Cardinal Mundelein
Religion
2-Jul-1872 2-Oct-1939 Archbishop of Chicago, 1915-39
Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor
Religion
24-Aug-1932   Archbishop of Westminster
John Henry Newman
Religion
21-Feb-1801 11-Aug-1890 Oxford Movement
John Cardinal O'Connor
Religion
15-Jan-1920 3-May-2000 Archbishop of New York, 1984-2000
Seán Cardinal O'Malley
Religion
29-Jun-1944   Catholic Archbishop of Boston
Pandulph
Religion
? 16-Sep-1226 Papal legate to England
Pope Paschal II
Religion
? 21-Jan-1118 Roman Catholic Pope, 1099-1118
Pope Paul II
Religion
23-Feb-1417 26-Jul-1471 Roman Catholic Pope, 1464-71
Pope Paul III
Religion
29-Feb-1468 10-Nov-1549 Roman Catholic Pope, 1534-49
Pope Paul IV
Religion
28-Jun-1476 18-Aug-1559 Roman Catholic Pope, 1555-59
Pope Paul V
Religion
17-Sep-1552 28-Jan-1621 Roman Catholic Pope, 1605-21
Pope Pius II
Religion
18-Oct-1405 14-Aug-1464 Roman Catholic Pope, 1458-64
Pope Pius IX
Religion
13-May-1792 7-Feb-1878 Declared himself infallible
Pope Pius V
Religion
17-Jan-1504 1-May-1572 Roman Catholic Pope, 1566-72
Pope Pius III
Religion
9-May-1439 18-Oct-1503 Roman Catholic Pope, 1503
Reginald Pole
Religion
3-Mar-1500 17-Nov-1558 Opponent of King Henry VIII
Cardinal Richelieu
Religion
9-Sep-1585 4-Dec-1642 King of France's chief advisor, 1624-42
Justin Cardinal Rigali
Religion
19-Apr-1935   Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
Religion
18-Mar-1898 26-Aug-1984 Archbishop of Baltimore, 1961-74
Jaime Cardinal Sin
Religion
31-Aug-1928 21-Jun-2005 Former Archbishop of Manila
Pope Sixtus IV
Religion
21-Jul-1414 12-Aug-1484 Roman Catholic Pope, 1471-84
Pope Sixtus V
Religion
13-Dec-1521 27-Aug-1590 Roman Catholic Pope, 1585-90
Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-Hwan
Religion
8-May-1922 16-Feb-2009 Catholic Archbishop of Seoul, 1968-98
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Religion
4-May-1889 2-Dec-1967 Archbishop of New York, 1939-67
James Cardinal Stafford
Religion
26-Jul-1932   Archbishop of Denver, 1986-96
Pope Stephen IX
Religion
c. 1000 29-Mar-1058 Roman Catholic Pope, 1057-58
Pope Stephen V
Religion
? 14-Sep-891 AD Roman Catholic Pope, 885-91 AD
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Religion
17-Aug-1887 27-May-1958 Archbishop of Chicago, 1939-58
Edmund Cardinal Szoka
Religion
14-Sep-1927 20-Aug-2014 Archbishop of Detroit, 1981-90
Pope Urban II
Religion
c. 1035 29-Jul-1099 Roman Catholic Pope, 1088-99
Pope Urban III
Religion
? 19-Oct-1187 Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1185-87
Pope Urban VII
Religion
4-Aug-1521 27-Sep-1590 Roman Catholic Pope, 1590
Pope Urban VIII
Religion
5-Apr-1568 29-Jul-1644 Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1623-44
Pope Victor III
Religion
1027 16-Sep-1087 Roman Catholic Pope, 1086-87
Thomas Wolsey
Religion
c. 1475 29-Nov-1530 Powerful English cardinal
Donald W. Wuerl
Religion
12-Nov-1940   Archbishop of Washington DC




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