RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jean-Marie Villot

1905 - 1979

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Jean-Marie Villot (11 October 1905 – 9 March 1979) was a French prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1965 to 1967, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1967 to 1969, Vatican Secretary of State from 1969 to 1979, and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1970 to 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Marie Villot has received more than 101,083 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Marie Villot is the 1,288th most popular religious figure (down from 1,208th in 2019), the 2,068th most popular biography from France (down from 1,946th in 2019) and the 106th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jean-Marie Villot ranks 1,288 out of 3,187Before him are Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, Frederick of Utrecht, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Juliana of Liège, Teobaldo Boccapecci, and Robert Estienne. After him are Jean Calas, Asma bint Umais, Billy Meier, Diego Laynez, Saint Fiacre, and Joanna, wife of Chuza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Jean-Marie Villot ranks 90Before him are Edgar Snow, Eugen Fink, Banine, Pierre Levegh, Ludwig Fischer, and Gerhard Klopfer. After him are Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Myrna Loy, Mikio Naruse, Jigme Wangchuck, Pierre Klossowski, and Jacinto Quincoces. Among people deceased in 1979, Jean-Marie Villot ranks 70Before him are Jacques Mesrine, Louis Durey, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Aleksei N. Leontiev, Yuen Siu-tien, and Friedrich Ebert Jr.. After him are Stein Rokkan, Gio Ponti, Carlo Abarth, Yvonne de Gaulle, Victoria Ocampo, and Jayaprakash Narayan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Marie Villot ranks 2,068 out of 6,770Before him are Marie Victoire de Noailles (1688), Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (1749), Laurent Fignon (1960), Robert Estienne (1503), Léon Duguit (1859), and Rodulfus Glaber (985). After him are François Étienne de Kellermann (1770), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (1400), Alan Stivell (1944), Jean Calas (1698), and Prosper of Aquitaine (390).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jean-Marie Villot ranks 106Before him are Eugène Tisserant (1884), Louis of Toulouse (1274), Blandina (101), Henri Estienne (1528), Aldegonde (639), and Robert Estienne (1503). After him are Jean Calas (1698), Louis Massignon (1883), Bernard de Montfaucon (1655), Raymonde de Laroche (1882), Ivo of Chartres (1040), and Peter Nolasco (1180).