RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alois Hudal

1885 - 1963

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Alois Karl Hudal (also known as Luigi Hudal; 31 May 1885 – 13 May 1963) was an Austrian bishop of the Catholic Church, based in Rome. For thirty years, he was the head of the Austrian-German congregation of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome and, until 1937, an influential representative of the Catholic Church in Austria. In his 1937 book, The Foundations of National Socialism, Hudal praised Adolf Hitler, and his policies and indirectly attacked Vatican policies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alois Hudal has received more than 871,212 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Alois Hudal is the 1,102nd most popular religious figure (down from 960th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from Austria (down from 328th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alois Hudal ranks 1,102 out of 3,187. Before him are A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Isaac in Islam, Pope Pontian, Ibn Qudamah, Jakob Ammann, and Khabbab ibn al-Aratt. After him are Simeon Stylites the Younger, Shamgar, Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen, Tode Mongke, Eustathius of Antioch, and Amenirdis II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Alois Hudal ranks 65. Before him are Gunnar Asplund, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Jules Pascin, Władysław Raczkiewicz, Sydney Chaplin, and René Grousset. After him are Sisavang Vong, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Khải Định, Egon Kisch, Soemu Toyoda, and Jules Romains. Among people deceased in 1963, Alois Hudal ranks 43. Before him are Michael Rockefeller, Piero Manzoni, Sivananda Saraswati, Eduard Spranger, Sylvanus Olympio, and Gustave Garrigou. After him are Remedios Varo, William Beveridge, Karl von Terzaghi, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Ferenc Fricsay, and William Carlos Williams.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Alois Hudal ranks 358 out of 1,424. Before him are Vicki Baum (1888), Theodor Körner (1873), Friedrich Gulda (1930), Archduchess Mathilda of Austria (1849), Johann Joseph Fux (1660), and Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (1249). After him are Max Adler (1873), Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (1909), Leopold Berchtold (1863), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), Adam Rainer (1899), and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels (1874).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Austria

Among religious figures born in Austria, Alois Hudal ranks 4. Before him are Pope Gregory V (972), Saint Florian (250), and Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (1073). After him are Adam Rainer (1899), Franz Jägerstätter (1907), Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw (1590), Hermann Gmeiner (1919), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1649), Maria Schicklgruber (1795), Hieronymus von Colloredo (1732), and Franz König (1905).

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