RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Javier Echevarría Rodríguez

1932 - 2016

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Javier Echevarría Rodríguez (14 June 1932 – 12 December 2016) was a Spanish Catholic bishop who served as the head of Opus Dei from 1994 until his death. He held doctorates in both civil and canon law. Within the Roman Curia, the governing body of the Catholic Church, he was a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javier Echevarría Rodríguez has received more than 95,105 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Javier Echevarría Rodríguez is the 1,611th most popular religious figure (down from 1,442nd in 2019), the 824th most popular biography from Spain (down from 742nd in 2019) and the 59th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez ranks 1,611 out of 3,187Before him are Bernward of Hildesheim, Honoratus, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad, Laurean Rugambwa, Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich, and Luigi Jacobini. After him are Michel Sabbah, Lawrence Justinian, Alexander of Constantinople, Tlacaelel, Telesphore Toppo, and Emmeram of Regensburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez ranks 173Before him are Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Étienne Tshisekedi, Richard Lester, Oreco, and Pál Csernai. After him are Inese Jaunzeme, Tiny Tim, Predrag Matvejević, Alexander Kluge, Miloslav Vlk, and Bronisław Geremek. Among people deceased in 2016, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez ranks 152Before him are Trifon Ivanov, Zdravko Tolimir, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Peter Vaughan, Rudolf E. Kálmán, and Abe Vigoda. After him are Götz George, Rudi Altig, Curtis Hanson, Ferdinand Kübler, Richard Adams, and Peter Shaffer.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez ranks 824 out of 3,355Before him are Constanza Manuel (1315), Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (1943), Antonio López García (1936), Miguel Delibes (1920), Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (-100), and Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca (1945). After him are Berengar the Wise (790), Txiki Begiristain (1964), José Calvo Sotelo (1893), Javier Irureta (1948), Andregoto Galíndez (910), and Alfonso II, Count of Provence (1180).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez ranks 59Before him are Juan de Zumárraga (1468), Alphonsus Rodriguez (1532), Qadi Iyad (1083), Eulogius of Córdoba (810), Agobard (769), and Raimon Panikkar (1918). After him are Bartolomé Carranza (1503), Antonio Cañizares Llovera (1945), Santos Abril y Castelló (1936), Julian of Toledo (642), Paschal Baylón (1540), and Antonio María Rouco Varela (1936).