RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Puerto Rico

Top 2

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

1. Luis Aponte Martínez (1922 - 2012)

With an HPI of 45.66, Luis Aponte Martínez is the most famous Puerto Rican Religious Figure.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Luis Aponte Martínez (August 4, 1922 – April 10, 2012) was a Puerto Rican Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of San Juan from 1965 to 1999. He is the only Puerto Rican to have been named a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He participated as an elector in the two conclaves of 1978, which elected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II.

2. Iván Rodríguez (1971 - )

With an HPI of 35.62, Iván Rodríguez is the 2nd most famous Puerto Rican Religious Figure.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Iván Rodríguez Torres (born November 27, 1971), nicknamed "Pudge" and "I-Rod", is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball catcher. A member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Rodríguez is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in MLB history. He played for the Texas Rangers (in two separate stints, comprising the majority of his career), Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Houston Astros and Washington Nationals. Rodríguez was awarded the AL MVP award in 1999. He won the 2003 World Series with the Florida Marlins and played in the 2006 World Series while with the Tigers. In 2009, he set an MLB record by catching his 2,227th game, passing Carlton Fisk. He had the best career caught-stealing percentage of any major league catcher, at 45.68% (versus a league average of 31%), and he had nine seasons with a caught-stealing rate of 50% or higher. Only one major league catcher (Yadier Molina) has more putouts. Rodríguez recorded 2844 hits in his career, the most of any catcher in MLB history. In 2017, Rodríguez was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown in his first year of eligibility, receiving 76% of the votes cast. After retiring from baseball, he served as a Shadow Representative from Puerto Rico.