RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ján Chryzostom Korec

1924 - 2015

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Ján Chryzostom Korec, SJ (22 January 1924 – 24 October 2015) was a Slovak Jesuit priest and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was ordained as a priest in 1950 and consecrated as a bishop in 1951. Because of the government's suppression of the Catholic Church, he spent 39 years as working as a priest without government authorisation, either in prison or by supporting himself as a labourer.In 1990, Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of Nitra and in 1991 named him a cardinal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ján Chryzostom Korec has received more than 29,084 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ján Chryzostom Korec is the 2,199th most popular religious figure (down from 1,989th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 112th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Slovak Religious Figure.

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  • 51.19

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Ján Chryzostom Korec has had the most page views in the with 12,017 views, followed by English (2,849), and Czech (2,338). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (72.09%), Spanish (66.46%), and Ukrainian (34.15%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ján Chryzostom Korec ranks 2,199 out of 3,187. Before him are Pacian, Elisheba, Polycrates of Ephesus, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, Navvab Safavi, and Patrick D'Rozario. After him are Philippe Ouédraogo, Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria, A'annepada, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Hayton of Corycus, and Kassapa Buddha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Ján Chryzostom Korec ranks 236. Before him are Mutesa II of Buganda, Li Li-hua, Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alphons Egli, and Navvab Safavi. After him are Ruth Teitelbaum, František Vláčil, Karen Harup, Dodo Abashidze, György Lázár, and Luděk Pachman. Among people deceased in 2015, Ján Chryzostom Korec ranks 202. Before him are Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Beau Biden, Daevid Allen, Charb, Ellsworth Kelly, and Robert Z'Dar. After him are Ants Antson, Oʻtkir Sultonov, Nicolae Rainea, Gheorghe Gruia, Tadeusz Konwicki, and Gunnar Hansen.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ján Chryzostom Korec ranks 123 out of 418. Before him are Ernest Nagel (1901), Miroslav Lajčák (1963), Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817), Stan Mikita (1940), Jaromil Jireš (1935), and Marián Masný (1950). After him are Margit Slachta (1884), Pál Szinyei Merse (1845), Ignatz Kolisch (1837), Roland Jacobi (1893), Igor Matovič (1973), and Pavol Molnár (1936).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Slovakia

Among religious figures born in Slovakia, Ján Chryzostom Korec ranks 7. Before him are Elizabeth of Hungary (1207), Matthew III Csák (1260), Jozef Tomko (1924), Juraj Haulik (1788), Anna Kolesárová (1928), and Pavel Peter Gojdič (1888). After him are János Csernoch (1852), János Scitovszky (1785), Ján Babjak (1953), and Laurus Škurla (1928).

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