1948 - Today
Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal (born 12 November 1948) is a Venezuelan Catholic priest who serves as the 31st and present superior general of the Society of Jesus. He was elected by the Society's 36th General Congregation on 14 October 2016, succeeding Adolfo Nicolás. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arturo Sosa has received more than 438,907 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Arturo Sosa is the 1,985th most popular religious figure (down from 1,666th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 30th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Venezuelan Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Arturo Sosa ranks 1,985 out of 2,238. Before him are Willigis, Megabates, Polycrates of Ephesus, Joaquina Vedruna de Mas, Macedonius I of Constantinople, and Jurij Dalmatin. After him are Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Subhūti, Eusébio Scheid, Andronicus of Pannonia, and Jean Zerbo.
940 - 1011
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 1,979
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 1,980
125 - 196
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 1,981
1783 - 1854
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 1,982
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 1,983
1547 - 1589
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 1,984
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 1,985
1900 - 1987
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 1,986
1789 - 1866
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 1,987
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 1,988
1932 - 2021
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 1,989
50 - 100
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 1,990
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 1,991
Among people born in 1948, Arturo Sosa ranks 263. Before him are Todd Rundgren, Pietro Anastasi, Victor Skumin, Akira Matsunaga, Ronnie Van Zant, and Jan Tomaszewski. After him are Michael Berryman, Yoshihito, Prince Katsura, Dee Wallace, Dan Halutz, Viktor Afanasyev, and Linda McMahon.
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 257
1948 - 2020
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 258
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 259
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 260
1948 - 1977
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 261
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 262
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 263
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 264
1948 - 2014
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 265
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 266
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 267
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 268
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 269
Among people born in Venezuela, Arturo Sosa ranks 33 out of 155. Before him are Rafael Urdaneta (1788), Leonardo Jardim (1974), Cipriano Castro (1858), Eleazar López Contreras (1883), Pedro Carmona (1941), and Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1829). After him are Raúl Leoni (1905), Cristóbal Mendoza (1772), Jaime Lusinchi (1924), Patricia Velásquez (1971), Gabriela Spanic (1973), and Juan Guaidó (1983).
1788 - 1845
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 27
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 28
1858 - 1924
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 29
1883 - 1973
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 30
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 31
1829 - 1899
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 32
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 33
1905 - 1972
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 34
1772 - 1829
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 35
1924 - 2014
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 36
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 37
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 38
1983 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 39
Among religious figures born in Venezuela, Arturo Sosa ranks 2. Before him are Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino (1942). After him are Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (1944), Rosalio José Castillo Lara (1922), Ignacio Velasco (1929), and José Humberto Quintero Parra (1902).
1942 - 2021
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 1
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 2
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3
1922 - 2007
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 4
1929 - 2003
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 5
1902 - 1984
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 6