RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Kevin Farrell

1947 - Today

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Kevin Joseph Farrell KGCHS (born September 2, 1947) is an Irish-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal and has served as prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life since 2016. In 2019, he was appointed Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church as well. After his ordination in 1978, Farrell served as a chaplain and university teacher for several years in Mexico and worked in the United States from 1984 to 2016. He was an auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Washington in Washington D.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin Farrell has received more than 276,250 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Kevin Farrell is the 1,222nd most popular religious figure (up from 1,244th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 72nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kevin Farrells by language

Over the past year Kevin Farrell has had the most page views in the with 42,973 views, followed by Italian (13,919), and Spanish (12,605). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (298.35%), Swahili (149.08%), and Simple English (92.59%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Kevin Farrell ranks 1,222 out of 3,187Before her are Shirali Muslimov, Ibn Khuzayma, Carlo Maria Viganò, Geert Groote, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, and Lutgardis. After her are Saint Malachy, William Booth, Marc Ouellet, Saichō, Nikolaj Velimirović, and Jozef Tomko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Kevin Farrell ranks 140Before her are Nina Matviienko, Ry Cooder, Alexander Rutskoy, Oliver Dragojević, David Byron, and H. Robert Horvitz. After her are Thomas Cech, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Nevio Scala, Kathrine Switzer, and Ted Danson.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Kevin Farrell ranks 64 out of 549Before her are Thomas Moore (1779), Sinéad O'Connor (1966), Brian Cowen (1960), Mary Robinson (1944), George Francis FitzGerald (1851), and Christy Brown (1932). After her are Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Brian Boru (941), J. D. Bernal (1901), Edmund the Martyr (841), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), and John Banville (1945).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Kevin Farrell ranks 4Before her are Columbanus (540), Columba (521), and Mary Jane Kelly (1863). After her are Saint Fiacre (607), Brigid of Kildare (451), Saint Kilian (640), Dymphna (700), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Adomnán (624), and Violet Gibson (1876).