RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Francis Arinze

1932 - Today

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Francis Arinze (born 1 November 1932) is a Nigerian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2002 to 2008 and before that led the Secretariat for Non-Christians (later renamed the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue) from 1984 to 2002. He has been a cardinal since 1985 and the Cardinal Bishop of Velletri-Segni since 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Arinze has received more than 398,821 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Arinze is the 1,730th most popular religious figure (up from 1,831st in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Nigeria and the most popular Nigerian Religious Figure.

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  • 400k

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  • 53.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Francis Arinze ranks 1,730 out of 3,187. Before him are Sava Petrović, Al-Baqillani, Péter Erdő, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Gustav Trolle, and Nicholas Tavelic. After him are Juliana Falconieri, Roger Deakins, Agostino Vallini, Franz König, Maximilian of Tebessa, and Yijing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Francis Arinze ranks 183. Before him are Alexander Kluge, Miloslav Vlk, Bronisław Geremek, Michihiro Ozawa, Bob Pettit, and Vitold Fokin. After him are Tommy Taylor, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Max Gallo, Qahhor Mahkamov, Vladimir Voinovich, and Mostafa Chamran.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Francis Arinze ranks 16 out of 309. Before him are Bola Tinubu (1952), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Sani Abacha (1943), and Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941). After him are Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Rashidi Yekini (1963), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Amos Tutuola (1920), and Victor Osimhen (1998).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Nigeria

Among religious figures born in Nigeria, Francis Arinze ranks 1. After him are John Onaiyekan (1944), Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (1936), Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809), and Peter Okpaleke (1963).

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