The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Bolivia
This page contains a list of the greatest Bolivian Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 2,238 Religious Figures, 2 of which were born in Bolivia. This makes Bolivia the birth place of the 96th most number of Religious Figures behind Indonesia and Côte d'Ivoire.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bolivian Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Bolivian Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Julio Terrazas Sandoval (1936 - 2015)
With an HPI of 48.46, Julio Terrazas Sandoval is the most famous Bolivian Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Julio Terrazas Sandoval (March 7, 1936 – December 9, 2015) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the Roman Catholic Church.
2. Toribio Ticona Porco (1937 - )
With an HPI of 46.80, Toribio Ticona Porco is the 2nd most famous Bolivian Religious Figure. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Toribio Ticona Porco (Spanish pronunciation: [toˈɾi.βjo tiˈkona ˈpoɾko]; born 25 April 1937) is a Bolivian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Corocoro from 1992 to 2012 after serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí from 1986 to 1992. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018. Of Quechuan origin, he was the first Latin American cardinal from one of the continent's indigenous ethnic groups.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as religious figures born between 1936 and 1937. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living religious figures include Toribio Ticona Porco. The most famous deceased religious figures include Julio Terrazas Sandoval.
