RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ivan Dias

1936 - 2017

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Ivan Cornelius Dias (14 April 1936 – 19 June 2017) was an Indian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2006 to 2011, Archbishop of Bombay from 1996 to 2006, and before that a papal ambassador in the Balkans, East Asia, and West Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Dias has received more than 100,260 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Dias is the 2,277th most popular religious figure (down from 1,950th in 2019), the 473rd most popular biography from India (down from 391st in 2019) and the 41st most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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  • 57.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ivan Dias ranks 2,277 out of 3,187. Before him are Claudio Gugerotti, Hsing Yun, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Kazim Rashti, Irenaios, and Antonio Innocenti. After him are Arturo Sosa, Maatkare Mutemhat, Chlodulf of Metz, Antonio Marcello Barberini, Miguel Pro, and Arsacius of Tarsus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Ivan Dias ranks 285. Before him are Karol Divín, Željko Perušić, Edén Pastora, Anthony Zerbe, Alex Rocco, and Hiroo Kanamori. After him are Guillermo Escalada, Nicol Williamson, Emil Loteanu, Elisabeth Kopp, Ivan Marchuk, and Stephen E. Ambrose. Among people deceased in 2017, Ivan Dias ranks 255. Before him are Eugene Garfield, Tony Atkinson, Svend Asmussen, Ruth Pfau, Gösta Ekman, and Marita Lindahl. After him are Derek Parfit, Jacques Simon, Girija Devi, James Rosenquist, Richard Hatch, and Leonid Bronevoy.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ivan Dias ranks 473 out of 1,861. Before him are Amrit Kaur (1889), Kamala Nehru (1899), Brian Horrocks (1895), Harihara I (1336), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), and Faizi (1547). After him are Madhuri Dixit (1967), Girija Devi (1929), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Rajaram I (1670), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), and Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Ivan Dias ranks 41. Before him are Abbé Faria (1756), Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Guru Har Krishan (1656), Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), and Joseph Vaz (1651). After him are Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Saint Alphonsa (1910), Mohan Bhagwat (1950), Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924), and Roberto de Nobili (1577).

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