RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Franjo Šeper

1905 - 1981

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Franjo Šeper (2 October 1905 – 30 December 1981) was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franjo Šeper has received more than 53,343 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Franjo Šeper is the 1,491st most popular religious figure (up from 1,558th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 122nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Croatian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Franjo Šeper ranks 1,491 out of 3,187Before him are Bérenger Saunière, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Walter Brandmüller, Anan ben David, Constantine, and Felix of Nola. After him are Loris Francesco Capovilla, Daniele Comboni, Theodosius of Kiev, Simon of Trent, Polyeuctus, and Eudoxius of Antioch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Franjo Šeper ranks 105Before him are Nihal Atsız, Gertrude Ederle, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Savitri Devi, Anna May Wong, and Abraham Zapruder. After him are Alexander Rodimtsev, Giacinto Scelsi, Preguinho, Jean Daniélou, Karl Guthe Jansky, and Wanda Wasilewska. Among people deceased in 1981, Franjo Šeper ranks 72Before him are D. R. Bendre, Ferruccio Parri, Jean Eustache, Ziaur Rahman, Nelson Algren, and Kirill Kondrashin. After him are Marcel Bezençon, Yakov Pavlov, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Glauber Rocha, Alexander Kotov, and Manuel Urrutia Lleó.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Franjo Šeper ranks 116 out of 700Before him are Herman Potočnik (1892), Tin Ujević (1891), Trpimir I of Croatia (850), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Pietro I Candiano (842), and Josif Pančić (1814). After him are Ante Trumbić (1864), Petar Nadoveza (1942), Pietro Tradonico (750), Goran Ivanišević (1971), Marko Krizin (1589), and Bernard Vukas (1927).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Croatia

Among religious figures born in Croatia, Franjo Šeper ranks 9Before him are Saint Marinus (275), Aloysius Stepinac (1898), Margaret of Hungary (1242), Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (1914), Julian of Antioch (231), and Maximianus of Ravenna (499). After him are Marko Krizin (1589), George Martinuzzi (1482), Quirinus of Sescia (300), Josip Bozanić (1949), Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560), and Nicholas Tavelic (1340).