RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Joachim Meisner

1933 - 2017

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Joachim Meisner (25 December 1933 – 5 July 2017) was a German Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cologne from 1989 to 2014. He previously served as Bishop of Berlin from 1980 to 1989, and was created a cardinal in 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim Meisner has received more than 136,326 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Joachim Meisner is the 1,714th most popular religious figure (down from 1,533rd in 2019), the 586th most popular biography from Poland (down from 524th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Joachim Meisner ranks 1,714 out of 3,187Before him are Nafiʽ al-Madani, Stephen I of Constantinople, Burchard of Worms, Johannes Willebrands, Fouad Twal, and Scipione Rebiba. After him are Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Paul I of Constantinople, Mary Ward, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar, and Joseph Genesius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Joachim Meisner ranks 174Before him are Will Sampson, Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Egil Danielsen, Michel Camdessus, Aleksandr Privalov, and Frits Bolkestein. After him are Alan Stacey, Christian Ferras, Sabah Fakhri, Humberto Maschio, Yevgeny Khrunov, and William Anders. Among people deceased in 2017, Joachim Meisner ranks 176Before him are Roger Walkowiak, Vito Acconci, Gastone Moschin, Michael Parks, Shashi Kapoor, and Seijun Suzuki. After him are Dritëro Agolli, Linda Nochlin, Albert Zafy, Hilarion Capucci, Robert M. Pirsig, and Max Gallo.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Joachim Meisner ranks 586 out of 1,694Before him are Hilary Koprowski (1916), Edward Ochab (1906), Jan Sarkander (1576), Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1797), Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov (1793), and Eugen Goldstein (1860). After him are Abraham Robinson (1918), Henryk Dembiński (1791), Mieczysław Rakowski (1926), Franceska Mann (1917), Otto Freundlich (1878), and Alfred Józef Potocki (1817).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Joachim Meisner ranks 25Before him are Moses Isserles (1520), Emil Krebs (1867), Jan Łaski (1499), Stanisław Ryłko (1945), Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490), and Jan Sarkander (1576). After him are Franciszek Macharski (1927), Michał Sopoćko (1888), Stanisława Leszczyńska (1896), Dorothea of Montau (1347), Stanislaus Hosius (1504), and Hypatius Pociej (1541).