1938 - Today
Manuel Monteiro de Castro (born 29 March 1938) is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1967 to 2009, with the rank of archbishop and the title of nuncio from 1985. His assignments as nuncio included the Caribbean, South Africa, Central America, and Spain. He ended his career in senior positions in the Roman Curia from 2009 to 2013. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manuel Monteiro de Castro has received more than 37,075 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Manuel Monteiro de Castro is the 1,705th most popular religious figure (down from 1,503rd in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Portuguese Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Manuel Monteiro de Castro ranks 1,705 out of 2,238. Before him are Theodore Romzha, Kateri Tekakwitha, Sebastiano Baggio, Isidore of Kiev, Jacopo Sadoleto, and Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz. After him are Kassapa Buddha, Gregory III of Constantinople, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Diogenes of Byzantium, and Pierre Pigneau de Behaine.
1911 - 1947
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 1,699
1656 - 1680
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 1,700
1913 - 1993
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 1,701
1385 - 1463
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 1,702
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 1,703
1310 - 1367
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 1,704
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 1,705
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 1,706
1450 - 1459
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 1,707
1919 - 1995
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 1,708
1928 - 2016
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 1,709
100 - 129
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 1,710
1741 - 1799
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 1,711
Among people born in 1938, Manuel Monteiro de Castro ranks 210. Before him are Juraj Jakubisko, Nieves Navarro, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Rauno Aaltonen, Jean Eustache, and Moshe Safdie. After him are Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ahmed Jibril, Alan Dershowitz, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, Gianluigi Saccaro, and Chuan Leekpai.
1938 - 2023
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 204
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 205
1938 - 1990
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 206
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 207
1938 - 1981
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 208
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 209
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 210
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 211
1938 - 2021
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 212
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 213
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 214
1938 - 2021
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 215
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 216
Among people born in Portugal, Manuel Monteiro de Castro ranks 221 out of 555. Before him are Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza (1806), José Sócrates (1957), Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865), Garcia de Orta (1499), Maria de Medeiros (1965), and John de Britto (1647). After him are Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510), Damião de Góis (1502), Miguel Torga (1907), António José de Almeida (1866), Paulo Bento (1969), and Estêvão Gomes (1484).
1806 - 1857
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 215
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 216
1865 - 1920
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 217
1499 - 1568
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 218
1965 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 219
1647 - 1693
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 220
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 221
1510 - 1563
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 222
1502 - 1574
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 223
1907 - 1995
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 224
1866 - 1929
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 225
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 226
1484 - 1538
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 227
Among religious figures born in Portugal, Manuel Monteiro de Castro ranks 11. Before him are John of God (1495), Beatrice of Silva (1424), Pelagio Galvani (1165), José Saraiva Martins (1932), António de Andrade (1580), and John de Britto (1647). After him are John of Biclaro (540), José Policarpo (1936), Manuel Clemente (1948), Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888), Simão Rodrigues (1510), and António Ribeiro (1928).
1495 - 1550
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 5
1424 - 1492
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 6
1165 - 1230
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 7
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 8
1580 - 1634
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 9
1647 - 1693
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 10
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 11
540 - 621
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 12
1936 - 2014
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 13
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 14
1888 - 1977
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 15
1510 - 1579
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 16
1928 - 1998
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 17