Michael Christodoulos Mouskos
Pano Panayia, Cyprus

A greek orthodox clergyman who became the first President of Cyprus in 1959.

Armand-Jean du Plessis
Born: 9 September 1585
Paris, France
Died: 4 December 1642

Best known as the power behind the throne of Louis XIII

Joseph Ratzinger
Born: 16 April 1927
Bavaria, Germany

Successor to Pope John Paul II. Joseph Ratzinger began his service as a progressive and liberal theologian. Over time however, his philosophy turned sharply to the right. His papacy is expected to be marked by strict convervatism, traditionalism, and surpression of liberal and progressive voices: "better to be right, than popular".

Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli
1881 - 1963
Italy

Born in Sotto Il Monte, which has since been renamed Sotto Il Monte Giovanni XXIII.

Karol Wojtyla
Born: 18 May 1920
Wadowice, Poland
Died: 2 April 2005

The long serving pontiff was elected on 16 October 1978, becoming the first non-Italian pontiff in over 450 years and history's first Slavic Pope. For 26 years a spiritual beacon for people of all faiths, not just the world's 1.1 billion Catholics.

Giovanni Battista Montini
1897 - 1978
Italy

Succeeded John XXIII.