RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Carlo Maria Viganò

1941 - Today

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Carlo Maria Viganò (Italian pronunciation: [vigaˈnɔ]; born 16 January 1941) is an Italian traditionalist Catholic archbishop who served as Apostolic Nuncio to the United States from 2011 to 2016 and as secretary-general of the Governorate of Vatican City State from 2009 to 2011. He is known for having publicized the Vatican leaks scandal of 2012, in which he revealed financial corruption in the Vatican, and a 2018 letter accusing Pope Francis and other Catholic leaders of covering up sexual abuse allegations against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick. In 2024, Viganò was charged by the Vatican with schism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlo Maria Viganò has received more than 1,409,823 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Carlo Maria Viganò is the 1,218th most popular religious figure (down from 904th in 2019), the 1,770th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,269th in 2019) and the 347th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Carlo Maria Viganò ranks 1,218 out of 3,187. Before him are Shaohao, Ad-Darazi, Francesco Barberini, Oda Nobutada, Shirali Muslimov, and Ibn Khuzayma. After him are Geert Groote, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Lutgardis, Kevin Farrell, Saint Malachy, and William Booth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Carlo Maria Viganò ranks 135. Before him are Martha Stewart, Otto Sander, Akiko Wakabayashi, David Crosby, Mirosław Hermaszewski, and Paul Bremer. After him are Ole Nydahl, Rached Ghannouchi, George Smith, Beau Bridges, Philippe Honoré, and Sérgio Mendes.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Maria Viganò ranks 1,770 out of 5,161. Before him are Arioald (550), Marietta Robusti (1554), Urbano Rattazzi (1808), Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (1609), Francesco Barberini (1597), and Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1533). After him are Delio Onnis (1948), Alberic I of Spoleto (900), Antonius Felix (10), Margherita Sarfatti (1880), Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet (1588), and Oswald von Wolkenstein (1377).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Carlo Maria Viganò ranks 347. Before him are Rose of Viterbo (1233), Gaudentius of Brescia (327), Raffaele Riario (1461), Vincent Pallotti (1795), Zita (1212), and Francesco Barberini (1597). After him are Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet (1588), Saint Homobonus (1117), Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (1838), Maria Domenica Mazzarello (1837), Vitalis of Milan (null), and Giuseppe Bertello (1942).

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