The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Hong Kong
This page contains a list of the greatest Chinese Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 2,238 Religious Figures, 1 of which were born in Hong Kong. This makes Hong Kong the birth place of the 114th most number of Religious Figures behind Benin and Honduras.
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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Chinese Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Chinese Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. John Tong Hon (1939 - )
With an HPI of 51.51, John Tong Hon is the most famous Chinese Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
John Tong Hon (born 31 July 1939) is a prelate of the Catholic Church from Hong Kong. A cardinal since 2012, he was auxiliary bishop of Hong Kong from 1996 to 2008, then coadjutor bishop of the diocese for a year, and Bishop of Hong Kong from 2009 to 2017. In January 2019, he became the apostolic administrator of the diocese, in a caretaker role, after the death of his successor, Michael Yeung.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as religious figures born between 1939 and 1939. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living religious figures include John Tong Hon.
