RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo

1948 - Today

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Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, SDB, commonly known as Carlos Belo or Ximenes Belo (born 3 February 1948) is an East Timorese prelate of the Catholic Church. He became a bishop in 1988 and served as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Díli from 1988 to 2002. In 1996, he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with José Ramos-Horta for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo has received more than 230,536 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo is the 776th most popular religious figure (up from 799th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Timor-Leste (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular East Timorese Religious Figure.

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo is most famous for his role in negotiating the independence of East Timor from Indonesia.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

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  • 67.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo ranks 776 out of 3,187. Before him are Zephaniah, Onesimus, Brother Roger, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Anna Göldi, and Gerard of Csanád. After him are Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Giovanni Battista Re, Nectarios of Aegina, Hemma of Gurk, Jean Mabillon, and József Mindszenty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo ranks 59. Before him are Brian Eno, Ian Paice, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Pim Fortuyn, Rudolf Schenker, and Rory Gallagher. After him are Bille August, Claude Jade, Svetlana Savitskaya, Lluís Llach, Jerzy Kukuczka, and William Gibson.

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In Timor-Leste

Among people born in Timor-Leste, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo ranks 3 out of 12. Before him are José Ramos-Horta (1949), and Xanana Gusmão (1946). After him are Francisco Guterres (1954), Taur Matan Ruak (1956), Mari Alkatiri (1949), Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1946), Francisco Xavier do Amaral (1937), Virgílio do Carmo da Silva (1967), Estanislau da Silva (1952), Rui Maria de Araújo (1964), and Fernando de Araújo (1963).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Timor-Leste

Among religious figures born in Timor-Leste, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo ranks 1. After him are Virgílio do Carmo da Silva (1967).

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