RELIGIOUS FIGURE

József Mindszenty

1892 - 1975

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József Mindszenty (Hungarian pronunciation: [jo:ʒɛf mindsɛnti]; 29 March 1892 – 6 May 1975) was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, for five decades "he personified uncompromising opposition to fascism and communism in Hungary". During World War II, Mindszenty was imprisoned by the pro-Nazi Arrow Cross Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of József Mindszenty has received more than 356,680 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). József Mindszenty is the 782nd most popular religious figure (up from 790th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 97th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Religious Figure.

József Mindszenty is most famous for being the longest-serving prisoner of conscience in the history of the Catholic Church.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, József Mindszenty ranks 782 out of 3,187. Before him are Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Giovanni Battista Re, Nectarios of Aegina, Hemma of Gurk, and Jean Mabillon. After him are Expeditus, Philip the Evangelist, Robert de Sorbon, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, and William Tyndale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, József Mindszenty ranks 50. Before him are Władysław Anders, Richard Neutra, Alexandre Koyré, Nikolai Kondratiev, V. Gordon Childe, and Mary Pickford. After him are E. H. Carr, Margaret Rutherford, Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Mikhail Kirponos, and Juan Negrín. Among people deceased in 1975, József Mindszenty ranks 32. Before him are Paul Keres, Latife Uşşaki, Éamon de Valera, Pavel Sukhoi, Edward Tatum, and Julian Huxley. After him are Chivu Stoica, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Gottlob Berger, Dong Biwu, Erich Kempka, and Vicente Feola.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, József Mindszenty ranks 99 out of 1,077. Before him are Ignác Goldziher (1850), István Tisza (1861), Mihály Károlyi (1875), Samuel Aba (990), George Andrew Olah (1927), and János Áder (1959). After him are Ágnes Heller (1929), John Corvinus (1473), Margaret Mahler (1897), Stephen IV of Hungary (1133), István Szabó (1938), and Pál Teleki (1879).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Hungary

Among religious figures born in Hungary, József Mindszenty ranks 3. Before him are Martin of Tours (316), and Kinga of Poland (1224). After him are Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045), Saint Emeric of Hungary (1000), Yolanda of Poland (1235), Nicolaus Olahus (1493), Péter Erdő (1952), Friar Julian (1250), Sára Salkaházi (1899), Vilmos Zsigmond (1930), and László Paskai (1927).

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