The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Indonesia
This page contains a list of the greatest Indonesian Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 3,187 Religious Figures, 2 of which were born in Indonesia. This makes Indonesia the birth place of the 94th most number of Religious Figures behind Cuba, and Tanzania.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Indonesian Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Indonesian Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Julius Darmaatmadja (b. 1934)
With an HPI of 52.94, Julius Darmaatmadja is the most famous Indonesian Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja (born 20 December 1934) is an Indonesian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was made a cardinal in 1994, becoming the second Indonesian to be a cardinal. He served as the Archbishop of Semarang from 1983 to 1996 and Archbishop of Jakarta from 1996 to 2010.
2. Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (b. 1950)
With an HPI of 45.88, Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo is the 2nd most famous Indonesian Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Ignatius Cardinal Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (born 9 July 1950) is an Indonesian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Jakarta since 2010, after serving as Archbishop of Semarang from 1997 to 2009. He is commonly known as Archbishop Suharyo. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 5 October 2019.
3. Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga (1941 - 2020)
With an HPI of 41.42, Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga is the 3rd most famous Indonesian Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, (25 September 1941 – 7 November 2020) was the Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sibolga and then Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Medan from 2009 to 2018.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Indonesian religious figures born between 1934 and 1950. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Indonesian religious figures include Julius Darmaatmadja, and Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo. The most famous deceased Indonesian religious figures include Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga. As of April 2024, 1 new Indonesian religious figures have been added to Pantheon including Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga.
