Paul Abels, former pastor of Washington Square United Methodist Church in New York (1973-1984); gayrights activist, 12 March 1992.

Ralph David Abernathy, 64, civil-rights activist and cofounder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 17 April 1990.

John Maury Allin, 76, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, who oversaw revisions to the Book of Common Prayer and the 1976 decision to ordain women to the priesthood, 6 March 1998.

James Barbour Ashbrook, 73, nominated for the Templeton Prize in Religion and Science for co-authorship of The Humanizing Brain: Where Religion and Neuroscience Meet (1997); researcher on the correlation between the brain and religion, 2 January 1999.

Joseph Cardinal Bernadin, 68, Archbishop of Cincinnati (1927-1982); Archbishop of Chicago (1982-1996), 14 November 1996.

Cassie Bernall, 17, student, killed during the Columbine High School shooting, allegedly for professing her faith in God, 20 April 1999.

Raymond E. Brown, 70, Roman Catholic priest and New Testament scholar, best known for his work on the Gospel of John, who taught at Union Theological Seminary...