The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Brunei
This page contains a list of the greatest Bruneian Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 2,238 Religious Figures, 1 of which were born in Brunei. This makes Brunei the birth place of the 131st most number of Religious Figures behind Myanmar (Burma) and Kyrgyzstan.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bruneian Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Bruneian Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Cornelius Sim (1951 - 2021)
With an HPI of 44.80, Cornelius Sim is the most famous Bruneian Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Cornelius Sim DD (16 September 1951 – 29 May 2021) was a Bruneian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Vicar Apostolic of Brunei from 2004 until his death. He had previously served as the apostolic prefect of Brunei from 1997 to 2004. Sim was the first graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville priestly discernment program to be ordained to the priesthood. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of a cardinal on 28 November 2020, making him the first cardinal from the country, and from the island of Borneo. Sim has been credited as "Brunei's most famous Catholic" and a "towering figure" in the history of Bruneian Christianity.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as religious figures born between 1951 and 1951. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased religious figures include Cornelius Sim. As of April 2022, 1 new religious figures have been added to Pantheon including Cornelius Sim.
