The Most Famous

RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Guatemala

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This page contains a list of the greatest Guatemalan Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 3,187 Religious Figures, 2 of which were born in Guatemala. This makes Guatemala the birth place of the 100th most number of Religious Figures behind Ghana, and New Zealand.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Guatemalan Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Guatemalan Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

Photo of Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri

1. Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (b. 1947)

With an HPI of 46.94, Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri is the most famous Guatemalan Religious Figure.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (born July 16, 1947) is a Guatemalan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Huehuetenango since 2012. He was the Bishop of San Marcos from 1988 to 2012. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 5 October 2019.

Photo of Rodolfo Quezada Toruño

2. Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (1932 - 2012)

With an HPI of 44.40, Rodolfo Quezada Toruño is the 2nd most famous Guatemalan Religious Figure.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño (8 March 1932 – 4 June 2012) was a Guatemalan cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Guatemala City, having previously served as Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas from 1980 to 2001. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003.

People

Pantheon has 2 people classified as Guatemalan religious figures born between 1932 and 1947. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Guatemalan religious figures include Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri. The most famous deceased Guatemalan religious figures include Rodolfo Quezada Toruño.

Living Guatemalan Religious Figures

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Deceased Guatemalan Religious Figures

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