RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Malcolm Ranjith

1947 - Today

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Patabendige Don Albert Malcolm Ranjith (Sinhala: පටබැඳිගේ දොන් ඇල්බට් මැල්කම් රංජිත්; born 15 November 1947) is a Sri Lankan Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Colombo since 2009. He was made a cardinal in 2010. Ranjith previously served as auxiliary bishop of Colombo (1991–1995), Bishop of Ratnapura (1995–2001), Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2001–2004), Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia and East Timor (2004–2005), and Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2005–2009). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malcolm Ranjith has received more than 191,115 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Malcolm Ranjith is the 2,677th most popular religious figure (down from 2,494th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the most popular Sri Lankan Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Malcolm Ranjith ranks 2,677 out of 3,187. Before him are Frans van der Lugt, Rosario Livatino, Arlindo Gomes Furtado, Jean de Sponde, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, and Justus of Jerusalem. After him are Stephen Chow, Oliver Plunkett, Uta Ranke-Heinemann, Abundius, Richard of Chichester, and John Mark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Malcolm Ranjith ranks 531. Before him are Gregg Rolie, Ricardo Teixeira, Assata Shakur, Vladimir Oravsky, Peter Chen, and Bob Houghton. After him are Fabián Alarcón, Menachem Bello, James Rumbaugh, Firmine Richard, Robert Hays, and Tanith Lee.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Malcolm Ranjith ranks 26 out of 51. Before him are John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841), William Gopallawa (1896), Natalia (null), D. S. Senanayake (1883), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), and Dinesh Gunawardena (1949). After him are Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), Dudley Senanayake (1911), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), Frederick G. Donnan (1870), and Thomas Cooray (1901).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Sri Lanka

Among religious figures born in Sri Lanka, Malcolm Ranjith ranks 1. After him are Thomas Cooray (1901).

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