RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pavel Peter Gojdič

1888 - 1960

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Pavel Peter Gojdič (also known as Pavol Gojdič or Peter Gojdič; 17 July 1888 — 17 July 1960), was a Rusyn Basilian monk and the eparch of the Slovak Greek Catholic Eparchy of Prešov. Following the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état, he was arrested by the StB, the secret police of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, and imprisoned on charges of high treason. Despite promises of immediate release if he would agree to become patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Czechoslovakia, Gojdič died at Leopoldov Prison as a prisoner of conscience in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pavel Peter Gojdič has received more than 43,311 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Pavel Peter Gojdič is the 2,109th most popular religious figure (down from 1,835th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 101st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Slovak Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pavel Peter Gojdič ranks 2,109 out of 3,187. Before him are Epaphroditus, Pope Maximus of Alexandria, Laurence of Byzantium, Euzois of Byzantium, Henri Schwery, and Michael Rohoza. After him are Josef Frings, James Michael Harvey, Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama, Lazarus You Heung-sik, Wolfgang Haas, and Giovanni de' Medici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Pavel Peter Gojdič ranks 132. Before him are Kan Kikuchi, Barry Fitzgerald, Kaarel Eenpalu, Mary Eristavi, Lotte Lehmann, and Thomas C. Kinkaid. After him are Sydney Chapman, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Raquel Meller, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, Rachel Cohen-Kagan, and Nereu Ramos. Among people deceased in 1960, Pavel Peter Gojdič ranks 110. Before him are Joseph Vendryes, Harry Schell, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, Maud Menten, Hisamuddin of Selangor, and Semyon Lavochkin. After him are Móric Esterházy, Massimo Bontempelli, Zora Neale Hurston, Marcello Piacentini, Auguste Herbin, and Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Pavel Peter Gojdič ranks 114 out of 418. Before him are Imre Németh (1917), Ján Pivarník (1947), Alexander Dukhnovych (1803), Štefan Čambal (1908), Anna Kolesárová (1928), and Peter Pellegrini (1975). After him are Joseph Franz von Jacquin (1766), Ján Čarnogurský (1944), Ernest Nagel (1901), Miroslav Lajčák (1963), Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817), and Stan Mikita (1940).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Slovakia

Among religious figures born in Slovakia, Pavel Peter Gojdič ranks 6. Before him are Elizabeth of Hungary (1207), Matthew III Csák (1260), Jozef Tomko (1924), Juraj Haulik (1788), and Anna Kolesárová (1928). After him are Ján Chryzostom Korec (1924), János Csernoch (1852), János Scitovszky (1785), Ján Babjak (1953), and Laurus Škurla (1928).

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