Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher and Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohammad today asked Indonesian President Joko Widodo to spare the men and allow them to "make reparation to the communities they betrayed by their crimes".
In a statement to journalists, the pair called for clemency or a commuted sentence for Andrew and Myuran.
They said it would allow the pair to be further rehabilitated and to execute them would prematurely end their lives, robbing both of them, and communities, of the opportunity for ongoing repentance and rehabilitation.
Archbishop Fisher said neither he nor the Grand Mufti questioned the men's guilt, the seriousness of their crime or the legitimacy of the verdicts against them.
Dr Mohammad said the Sydney men have had more than a decade to think about their crime, and have shown remorse and repentance for their role in attempting to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin into Australia.
"By all accounts Andrew and Myuran have come to appreciate clearly the gravity of their crimes," the Grand Mufti said.
"These Sydney-born men have had a long time to think about what they have done while in Kerobakan prison - and on death row."
He said he is considering travelling to Indonesia to meet with religious leaders in the coming days to discuss the imminent execution.
Archbishop Fisher said the role of the Australian Federal Police in the Bali Nine arrest, and Sunday's report in Fairfax newspapers that the men's lawyer, Mohamad Rifan, wants to introduce new evidence in a bid to spare the men "are extra reasons for us to take it seriously".
President Joko Widodo argues Indonesia is in the grips of a drug crisis that needs the "shock therapy" of the death penalty.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has urged Mr Joko to show mercy to the two "well and truly reformed" Australians.
Bali court officials last month confirmed presidential clemency had been denied to Chan, two weeks after his fellow Bali Nine ringleader, Sukumaran, received the same news.
The announcement all but extinguished their last hope of being spared the death penalty for the 2005 heroin trafficking plot.
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