RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Luis Ladaria Ferrer

1944 - Today

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Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer (born 19 April 1944) is a Spanish Jesuit, theologian and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. After a thirty-year career teaching theology, he joined the Roman Curia in 2004 as Secretary-General of the International Theological Commission. He was made an archbishop when named secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in 2008 and served as its prefect from 2017 to 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Ladaria Ferrer has received more than 181,205 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Luis Ladaria Ferrer is the 1,138th most popular religious figure (up from 1,242nd in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from Spain (up from 633rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Luis Ladaria Ferrer ranks 1,138 out of 3,187Before him are John Fisher, Kashyapa, Fermin, Filaret, Edith Cavell, and Saleh Al-Fawzan. After him are Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Henri de Lubac, George Fox, Yves Congar, Isidore of Pelusium, and Annie Chapman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Luis Ladaria Ferrer ranks 140Before him are Norodom Ranariddh, Herbert Wimmer, Gianfranco Ferré, Gary Busey, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Ayad Allawi. After him are Ron Huldai, Willem van Hanegem, Christian Boltanski, Kiri Te Kanawa, Chung Hong-won, and John Entwistle.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Ladaria Ferrer ranks 548 out of 3,355Before him are José de Acosta (1540), Federica Montseny (1905), Pío Baroja (1872), Fermin (272), Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin (1818), and Miguel Ángel González Suárez (1947). After him are Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926), Luis de Molina (1535), Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás (1900), Moses de León (1250), Pedro Alonso (1971), and Reccared II (650).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Luis Ladaria Ferrer ranks 40Before him are Raymond Nonnatus (1204), Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643), Didacus of Alcalá (1400), Diego de Landa (1524), Beatus of Liébana (730), and Fermin (272). After him are Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946), Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057), Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945), Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), Theodulf of Orléans (750), and Junípero Serra (1713).