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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Edward Cassidy

1924 - 2021

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Edward Idris Cassidy AC (5 July 1924 – 10 April 2021) was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church who was president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 1989 to 2001. He headed the Commission of the Holy See for Religious Relations with the Jews. He spent most of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See both in Rome and overseas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Cassidy has received more than 62,719 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Edward Cassidy is the 1,401st most popular religious figure (up from 1,523rd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Australia (up from 80th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Religious Figure.

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  • 63k

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  • 54.93

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Edward Cassidy ranks 1,401 out of 2,238Before him are Ludger, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Fariduddin Ganjshakar, John Nelson Darby, and Alexandre do Nascimento. After him are José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Dominik Duka, 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, Epaphras, Jean Daniélou, and Joseph II of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Edward Cassidy ranks 130Before him are E. P. Thompson, Aman Andom, William Auld, Allan Edwall, Carlo Bergonzi, and Cicely Tyson. After him are Alexander Haig, Zbigniew Herbert, József Zakariás, Sabine Weiss, Idries Shah, and Alain Bombard. Among people deceased in 2021, Edward Cassidy ranks 198Before him are Roger Hunt, Ned Beatty, Elgin Baylor, Arlene Dahl, Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, and Cicely Tyson. After him are Yegor Ligachyov, Jan Jindra, Masayuki Uemura, Darlene Hard, Jane Powell, and Sabine Weiss.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Edward Cassidy ranks 64 out of 925Before him are Harold Holt (1908), Raymond Dart (1893), David Helfgott (1947), David Bruce (1855), John Newcombe (1944), and Cassandra Harris (1948). After him are Michael Hutchence (1960), Nellie Melba (1861), Thomas Keneally (1935), Travis Fimmel (1979), John Flanagan (1944), and Nick Vujicic (1982).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Australia

Among religious figures born in Australia, Edward Cassidy ranks 2Before him are Truganini (1812). After him are George Pell (1941), James Harrison (1936), Mary MacKillop (1842), Edward Clancy (1923), Peter Hollingworth (1935), Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896), and Mitchell Johnson (1981).