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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Fulton J. Sheen

1895 - 1979

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Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen, May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio. Ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, in 1919, Sheen quickly became a renowned theologian, earning the Cardinal Mercier Prize for International Philosophy in 1923. He went on to teach theology and philosophy at the Catholic University of America and served as a parish priest before he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fulton J. Sheen has received more than 1,849,267 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Fulton J. Sheen is the 1,735th most popular religious figure (down from 1,715th in 2019), the 3,657th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,358th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Fulton J. Sheen ranks 1,735 out of 2,238. Before him are John Francis Regis, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Michał Sopoćko, Alessandro Albani, Sigmundur Brestisson, and Chromatius. After him are Matrona Nikonova, Anno II, Bertha of Kent, Bernward of Hildesheim, Luigi Sturzo, and Charles Wesley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Fulton J. Sheen ranks 133. Before him are Xu Beihong, Ngaio Marsh, Trifko Grabež, Carl Lutz, Rudolph Minkowski, and William Tubman. After him are Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Alfred Neuland, Susanne Langer, Jankel Adler, Gustav Klutsis, and Gustav von Wangenheim. Among people deceased in 1979, Fulton J. Sheen ranks 104. Before him are Merle Oberon, Morteza Motahhari, Zeppo Marx, Helmut Hasse, José Della Torre, and Ita Rina. After him are Ferenc Nagy, Ján Kadár, Jean Rhys, Johan Borgen, Zhang Guotao, and Preguinho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fulton J. Sheen ranks 3,657 out of 18,182. Before him are Peter Hyams (1943), Alice B. Toklas (1877), Kathleen Freeman (1919), Edmund Gettier (1927), Evelyn Nesbit (1884), and Chrissie Hynde (1951). After him are Tuesday Weld (1943), James Rebhorn (1948), Ron Silver (1946), Jackie Gleason (1916), Rufus Wainwright (1973), and M. Emmet Walsh (1935).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Fulton J. Sheen ranks 26. Before him are Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), Samuel Wilson (1766), Frederick William Franz (1893), Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), and Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930). After him are Don Alden Adams (1925), Squanto (1585), Bill W. (1895), Dwight L. Moody (1837), Ellen Church (1904), and Seraphim Rose (1934).

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