RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Achille Silvestrini

1923 - 2019

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Achille Silvestrini (25 October 1923 – 29 August 2019) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served in the Vatican diplomatic corps, either in Rome or abroad, from 1953 to 1990, and later as Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches from 1991 to 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Achille Silvestrini is the 2,119th most popular religious figure, the 2,951st most popular biography from Italy and the 448th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Achille Silvestrini ranks 2,119 out of 3,187Before him are Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama, Lazarus You Heung-sik, Wolfgang Haas, Giovanni de' Medici, Simão Rodrigues, and Benedict Biscop. After him are Domenico Ferrata, Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Cosmas of Maiuma, Nicholas of Lyra, Luigi Maglione, and Reinhard Marx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Achille Silvestrini ranks 209Before him are Zofia Posmysz, Vladimir Basov, Louis Lansana Beavogui, Eugenio Calabi, Cathy O'Donnell, and Galyani Vadhana. After him are Grigory Romanov, Inger Jacobsen, Jamshid Amouzegar, Gerald Götting, Bryce DeWitt, and Leon Niemczyk. Among people deceased in 2019, Achille Silvestrini ranks 209Before him are Karin Balzer, Tania Mallet, France-Albert René, Gyoji Matsumoto, Vladimir Etush, and María Baxa. After him are Jan Olszewski, Kazuo Koike, Carol Lynley, Michel Aumont, Diahann Carroll, and Martin Peters.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Achille Silvestrini ranks 2,951 out of 5,161Before him are Alvise Contarini (1601), Luca Carlevarijs (1663), Roberto Malone (1956), Nicolò Donato (1539), Giovanni de' Medici (1543), and Antonio Bertali (1605). After him are Pino Cerami (1922), Romeo Benetti (1945), Alberto Franchetti (1860), Francesca Cuzzoni (1696), Filippo Paulucci (1779), and Massimo Bontempelli (1878).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Achille Silvestrini ranks 448Before him are Pietro Ottoboni (1667), Luigi Carlo Borromeo (1893), Raffaele Farina (1933), Nicola Canali (1874), Corrado Bafile (1903), and Giovanni de' Medici (1543). After him are Flavio Chigi (1631), John Leonardi (1541), Luigi Poggi (1917), Gaetano Bedini (1806), Virgilio Noè (1922), and Amatus of Montecassino (1010).