RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Karekin II

1951 - Today

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Catholicos Garegin II (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Karekin; born 21 August 1951) is the Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, since 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karekin II has received more than 223,181 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Karekin II is the 1,173rd most popular religious figure (up from 1,331st in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Armenia (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Armenian Religious Figure.

Karekin II is most famous for being the first Armenian Catholicos-Patriarch of All Armenians.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Karekin II ranks 1,173 out of 3,187. Before him are Dawud al-Zahiri, Hilarion, Didymus the Blind, Isaac of Armenia, Amandus, and Gildas. After him are Johannes Magnus, Begga, Berthold, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, and Eusebius of Vercelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Karekin II ranks 85. Before him are Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Mamoru Oshii, Fernando Lugo, Gustavo Santaolalla, James Newton Howard, and Joe Lynn Turner. After him are Hilda Heine, Isabel Preysler, Kim Peek, Jack Unterweger, Jackie Jackson, and Joe Pantoliano.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Karekin II ranks 23 out of 163. Before him are Servatius of Tongeren (400), Sebeos (700), Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869), Tigranes III (-100), Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (1935), and Djivan Gasparyan (1928). After him are Nikol Pashinyan (1975), Arno Babajanian (1921), Olga Chekhova (1897), Anania Shirakatsi (610), Ashot II of Armenia (849), and Alexander Arutiunian (1920).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Armenia

Among religious figures born in Armenia, Karekin II ranks 4. Before him are Gregory the Illuminator (257), Servatius of Tongeren (400), and Sebeos (700). After him are Eznik of Kolb (380).

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