The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Mauritius
This page contains a list of the greatest Mauritian Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 2,238 Religious Figures, 2 of which were born in Mauritius. This makes Mauritius the birth place of the 97th most number of Religious Figures behind Côte d'Ivoire and Bolivia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Mauritian Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Mauritian Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Maurice Piat (1941 - )
With an HPI of 49.44, Maurice Piat is the most famous Mauritian Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Maurice Piat CSSp GCSK (born 19 July 1941) is a Mauritian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Port Louis, Mauritius, from 1993 to 2023. He is a professed member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Piat was ordained a priest in 1970 and made a bishop in 1991. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 19 November 2016.
2. Jean Margéot (1916 - 2009)
With an HPI of 44.78, Jean Margéot is the 2nd most famous Mauritian Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Jean Margéot (3 February 1916 – 17 July 2009) was Mauritian Roman Catholic priest, bishop and cardinal.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as religious figures born between 1916 and 1941. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living religious figures include Maurice Piat. The most famous deceased religious figures include Jean Margéot. As of April 2022, 1 new religious figures have been added to Pantheon including Jean Margéot.
