RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Franjo Kuharić

1919 - 2002

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Franjo Kuharić (15 April 1919 – 11 March 2002) was a Croatian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1970 until his resignation in 1997. Made a cardinal in 1983, he was known as the "Rock of Croatia" because of his defense of human rights and urgings of peace and forgiveness during the independence conflict and the Bosnian War. Kuharić was a vocal supporter of the cause for the canonization of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac (who had ordained him as a priest in 1945). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franjo Kuharić has received more than 48,353 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Franjo Kuharić is the 1,874th most popular religious figure (down from 1,769th in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Croatia (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Croatian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Franjo Kuharić ranks 1,874 out of 3,187. Before him are Giovanni Morone, Bernardino López de Carvajal, Jozef De Kesel, Jean Zerbo, Al-Bara' ibn Azib, and Gjon Buzuku. After him are Antony I of Constantinople, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Chromatius, Saint Telemachus, Hyacinth, and Kyansittha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Franjo Kuharić ranks 136. Before him are Félix Gaillard, Pierre Gamarra, Salomon Morel, James H. Wilkinson, Franco Rossi, and Paul Vanden Boeynants. After him are Albert Batteux, Mad Mike Hoare, José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Isaac Boleslavsky, Antonio Aguilar, and Paul de Man. Among people deceased in 2002, Franjo Kuharić ranks 130. Before him are Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Rosemary Clooney, Gabriel Almond, Ole-Johan Dahl, Inge Morath, and André Delvaux. After him are Frances Ames, Yves Robert, Leo McKern, Ernst Stojaspal, Aileen Riggin, and Ibn al-Khattab.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Franjo Kuharić ranks 172 out of 700. Before him are Georg von Trapp (1880), Branko Radičević (1824), Archduke Leo Karl of Austria (1893), Vlado Milunić (1941), Tomaž Šalamun (1941), and Ivica Horvat (1926). After him are Sergio Endrigo (1933), Branko Mamula (1921), Željko Čajkovski (1925), August Šenoa (1838), Milan Nenadić (1943), and Maximilian Njegovan (1858).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Croatia

Among religious figures born in Croatia, Franjo Kuharić ranks 16. Before him are Marko Krizin (1589), George Martinuzzi (1482), Quirinus of Sescia (300), Josip Bozanić (1949), Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560), and Nicholas Tavelic (1340). After him are Augustin Kažotić (1260), and Igor Boraska (1970).

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