RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Desmond Connell

1926 - 2017

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Desmond Connell (24 March 1926 – 21 February 2017) was an Irish cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. He was an Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. Cardinal Connell was one of a number of senior clergy to have been heavily criticised for inaction, making misleading statements and covering up clerical sex abuse in Dublin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Desmond Connell has received more than 91,807 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Desmond Connell is the 3,042nd most popular religious figure (down from 2,614th in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 302nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Irish Religious Figure.

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  • 92k

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  • 40.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Desmond Connell ranks 3,042 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Piran, Theodoros Kontidis, Antonio Napolioni, William Goh, Geoffrey Keating, and James Aloysius Hickey. After him are Paul Hinder, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Katharine Drexel, Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Abdul Rahman, and Hamza Yusuf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Desmond Connell ranks 532. Before him are Rusty Wailes, Hazel Court, Joe Kubert, Lurleen Wallace, Gulab Bai, and Bud Shank. After him are André Testut, Lorenzo Wright, Dorothy E. Smith, Ann B. Davis, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., and Ruth Asawa. Among people deceased in 2017, Desmond Connell ranks 592. Before him are Maria Verónica Reina, Monty Hall, Ninian Stephen, Wilfried, Frank Brian, and Anne Jeffreys. After him are Darrall Imhoff, Ian Stewart, Dudley Storey, Nelsan Ellis, Sotsha Dlamini, and Simon Dickie.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Desmond Connell ranks 362 out of 549. Before him are Orla Brady (1961), Robert Sheehan (1988), Geoffrey Keating (1569), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Marian Keyes (1963), and Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906). After him are Mairead McGuinness (1959), Henry John Stephen Smith (1826), Kerry Condon (1983), Shay Given (1976), James Mason (1849), and Mary Lou McDonald (1969).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Desmond Connell ranks 21. Before him are Hugh O'Flaherty (1898), Oliver Plunkett (1625), Finnian of Clonard (470), Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516), Seán Brady (1939), and Geoffrey Keating (1569).

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