RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei

1901 - 2000

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Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (simplified Chinese: 龚品梅; traditional Chinese: 龔品梅; pinyin: Gōng Pǐnméi; Wade–Giles: Kung P'in-mei; 2 August 1901 – 12 March 2000) was the Catholic Bishop of Shanghai, China, from 1950 until his death in 2000. He spent 30 years in Chinese prisons for defying attempts by China's Communist government to control Catholics in the country through the government-approved Catholic Patriotic Association. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei has received more than 96,451 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei is the 1,983rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,639th in 2019), the 739th most popular biography from China (down from 645th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

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  • 96k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei ranks 1,983 out of 3,187. Before him are Nephon II of Constantinople, Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko, Procopius of Sázava, Alypius the Stylite, Sára Salkaházi, and Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk. After him are Maurice Bavaud, Joseph Vaz, Emmanuel III Delly, João Braz de Aviz, Sabbas the Goth, and Justo Gallego Martínez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei ranks 153. Before him are Hans Erich Nossack, Frank Zamboni, Fernando Tambroni, Sergei Tumansky, Otto Ambros, and Daniel-Rops. After him are Kurt Jooss, Elias Katz, Julio Libonatti, Werner Egk, Vilma Bánky, and Dmitry Lelyushenko. Among people deceased in 2000, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei ranks 129. Before him are Alfred Schwarzmann, Bruno Zevi, René Favaloro, Jean Peters, Edward Gorey, and Charles Gray. After him are Ferenc Farkas, Poul Hartling, David Tomlinson, Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Spyros Markezinis, and Jerzy Giedroyc.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei ranks 739 out of 1,610. Before him are Jiong of Xia (null), Zeng Gong (1019), Lei Jun (1969), Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), Qian Zhongshu (1910), and Harry Wu (1937). After him are Lee Shau-kee (1929), Wang Can (177), Li Shangfu (1958), Wang Zhen (1909), Li Lisan (1899), and Wang Jianlin (1954).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei ranks 16. Before him are Jianzhen (688), Sengcan (529), Gan Ji (101), Mang of Xia (null), Yijing (635), and Rabban Bar Sauma (1220). After him are Witness Lee (1905), Hsing Yun (1927), Thomas Tien Ken-sin (1890), John Baptist Wu (1925), Paul Yü Pin (1901), and Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (1924).

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