1932 - Today
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 371,031 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Francis Arinze is the 1,845th most popular religious figure (down from 1,570th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Francis Arinze ranks 1,845 out of 2,238. Before him are Innocent of Alaska, Fray Tomás de Berlanga, Marianne Cope, Anna Kolesárová, Richard Williamson, and Shlomo ibn Aderet. After him are Flodoard, Antonio María Rouco Varela, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Pavel Peter Gojdič, Pietro Ottoboni, and Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange.
1797 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 1,839
1487 - 1551
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 1,840
1838 - 1918
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 1,841
1928 - 1944
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 1,842
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 1,843
1235 - 1310
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 1,844
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 1,845
894 - 966
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 1,846
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 1,847
1871 - 1927
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 1,848
1888 - 1960
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 1,849
1667 - 1740
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 1,850
1877 - 1964
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 1,851
Among people born in 1932, Francis Arinze ranks 206. Before him are Saul Friedländer, Iskandar of Johor, Enzo Mari, Saye Zerbo, Alfred Worden, and Karekin I. After him are Max Gallo, Walter Cunningham, Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Vitold Fokin, Per Nørgård, and Dana Scott.
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 200
1932 - 2010
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 201
1932 - 2020
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 202
1932 - 2013
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 203
1932 - 2020
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 204
1932 - 1999
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 205
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 206
1932 - 2017
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 207
1932 - 2023
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 208
1932 - 2002
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 209
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 210
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 211
1932 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 212
Among people born in Nigeria, Francis Arinze ranks 16 out of 236. Before him are Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Tony Allen (1940), and Sani Abacha (1943). After him are Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Shehu Shagari (1925), Ernest Shonekan (1936), and Yakubu Gowon (1934).
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 10
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 12
1941 - 1995
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 13
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 14
1943 - 1998
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 15
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 16
1951 - 2010
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 17
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 18
1977 - Present
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 19
1925 - 2018
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 20
1936 - 2022
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 21
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 22
Among religious figures born in Nigeria, Francis Arinze ranks 1. After him are John Onaiyekan (1944) and Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (1936).
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 1
1944 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 2
1936 - Present
HPI: 39.61
Rank: 3