RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Eugênio Sales

1920 - 2012

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Eugênio de Araújo Sales (8 November 1920 – 9 July 2012) was a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, having been elevated by Pope Paul VI on 28 April 1969. He served as archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro for thirty years until his resignation was accepted in 2001, when he had already passed the maximum age for voting in a papal conclave. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugênio Sales has received more than 22,052 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Eugênio Sales is the 2,750th most popular religious figure (down from 2,369th in 2019), the 636th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 514th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Brazilian Religious Figure.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

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  • 2.57

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Eugênio Sales ranks 2,750 out of 3,187Before him are Charles Maung Bo, Arnulf of Chocques, Grigory Rodchenkov, Jakub Szynkiewicz, Augustin Kažotić, and Nirmala Joshi. After him are Sekhemrekhutawy Khabaw, Jean Hardouin, Antipope Theodoric, Savio Hon, Paul Egede, and Bilal Philips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Eugênio Sales ranks 342Before him are Gesualdo Bufalino, Raymond Salles, Jean Marcel Honoré, Kamisese Mara, Bella Abzug, and Idea Vilariño. After him are Alf Kjellin, Stan Musial, Ragnhild Hveger, Leonid Shvartsman, Mykola Rudenko, and Ralph Meeker. Among people deceased in 2012, Eugênio Sales ranks 325Before him are Lennart Samuelsson, Mark Midler, Bob Welch, Peter Struck, Salvador Reyes Monteón, and Evelyn Lear. After him are Friedhelm Konietzka, Igor Kvasha, Hal David, Břetislav Pojar, Emanuel Steward, and Luis Aponte Martínez.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Eugênio Sales ranks 636 out of 2,236Before him are Erico Verissimo (1905), Gabriel Jesus (1997), Luiz Vinhaes (1896), Paulo Nunes (1971), Cazuza (1958), and Bernardo Fernandes da Silva (1965). After him are Fernando Haddad (1963), Chico Serra (1957), José dos Santos Lopes (1910), Ricardo Oliveira (1980), Walter Casagrande (1963), and Cuca (1963).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Brazil

Among religious figures born in Brazil, Eugênio Sales ranks 14Before him are José Freire Falcão (1925), Irmã Dulce (1914), Aloísio Lorscheider (1924), Odilo Scherer (1949), Orani João Tempesta (1949), and Eusébio Scheid (1932). After him are Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937), Sérgio da Rocha (1959), Serafim Fernandes de Araújo (1924), and Paulo Cezar Costa (1967).