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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jozef Tomko

1924 - 2022

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Jozef Tomko (11 March 1924 – 8 August 2022) was a Slovak prelate of the Catholic Church who held positions in the Roman Curia from 1962 until he retired in 2007. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1985 to 2001 and president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses from 2001 to 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jozef Tomko has received more than 98,736 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jozef Tomko is the 1,048th most popular religious figure (up from 1,217th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 51st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Religious Figure.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jozef Tomko ranks 1,048 out of 2,238Before him are Paul of the Cross, Alfredo Ottaviani, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, John Fisher, Tarasios of Constantinople, and Sai Baba of Shirdi. After him are Jean-Marie Lustiger, Martin of Braga, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, Mariano Rampolla, and George Fox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jozef Tomko ranks 81Before him are James Baldwin, Stanley Donen, Kenneth Waltz, John Backus, Sverre Fehn, and Rudolf Vrba. After him are Arthur Danto, Paul Desmond, Kenneth Kaunda, James Black, Israel Tal, and Vasil Bykaŭ. Among people deceased in 2022, Jozef Tomko ranks 91Before him are Cüneyt Arkın, Elza Soares, Teresa Berganza, Edward C. Prescott, Toshiki Kaifu, and Boris Pahor. After him are Saul Kripke, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Klaus Schulze, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Jean-Claude Mézières, and Ruggero Deodato.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Jozef Tomko ranks 44 out of 357Before him are Lajos Batthyány (1807), Gyula Andrássy the Younger (1860), Lucia Popp (1939), Ernő Gerő (1898), Rudolf Vrba (1924), and Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1833). After him are Milan Hodža (1878), Matthew III Csák (1260), Joseph Petzval (1807), Vazul (1000), Franz Schmidt (1874), and András Hadik (1710).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Slovakia

Among religious figures born in Slovakia, Jozef Tomko ranks 2Before him are Elizabeth of Hungary (1207). After him are Matthew III Csák (1260), Juraj Haulik (1788), Anna Kolesárová (1928), Pavel Peter Gojdič (1888), Ján Chryzostom Korec (1924), János Csernoch (1852), and Ján Babjak (1953).