RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pedro Arrupe

1907 - 1991

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Pedro Arrupe Gondra, SJ (14 November 1907 – 5 February 1991) was a Spanish Basque priest who served as the 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983. He has been called a second founder of the Society, as he led the Jesuits in the implementation of the Second Vatican Council, especially with regard to faith that does justice and preferential option for the poor.Stationed as novice master outside Hiroshima in 1945, Arrupe used his medical background as a first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.In 1983, a paralysis from a stroke caused him to resign from office. He lived on until 1991, when he died in the local Jesuit infirmary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Arrupe has received more than 257,790 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Pedro Arrupe is the 1,299th most popular religious figure (down from 1,264th in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from Spain (down from 643rd in 2019) and the 48th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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  • 260k

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  • 56.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Pedro Arrupe has had the most page views in the with 31,886 views, followed by Spanish (22,882), and Italian (7,380). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (316.96%), Egyptian Arabic (71.21%), and Esperanto (66.84%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pedro Arrupe ranks 1,299 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Fiacre, Joanna, wife of Chuza, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Andrey Sheptytsky, Paisius Velichkovsky, and Dashrath Manjhi. After him are Nicetas of Remesiana, Antipope Philip, Benno, Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, Uppalavanna, and Claudio Acquaviva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Pedro Arrupe ranks 106. Before him are Herbert Kappler, Frithjof Schuon, Charles Eames, John Mauchly, Takeo Miki, and Hans Martin Sutermeister. After him are Tino Rossi, Maurice Couve de Murville, Johann Trollmann, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Daigoro Kondo, and Álvaro Gestido. Among people deceased in 1991, Pedro Arrupe ranks 75. Before him are Sergey Akhromeyev, Giacomo Manzù, Héctor Rial, María Zambrano, Willi Boskovsky, and Edmond Jabès. After him are Rudolf Serkin, Cassandra Harris, Carmine Coppola, Yevgeny Dragunov, Berenice Abbott, and Joachim Kroll.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Arrupe ranks 649 out of 3,355. Before him are Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), Ángel Nieto (1947), Diego Laynez (1512), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany (1305), Ramón Serrano Suñer (1901), and Ferdinand de la Cerda (1255). After him are Juan Antonio Bardem (1922), Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076), Paulo da Gama (1465), Lina Romay (1954), Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576), and Abbot Oliba (971).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Pedro Arrupe ranks 48. Before him are Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057), Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945), Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), Theodulf of Orléans (750), Junípero Serra (1713), and Diego Laynez (1512). After him are Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076), Urraca of Zamora (1033), Thomas of Villanova (1486), Pelagius of Córdoba (912), Juan de Zumárraga (1468), and Alphonsus Rodriguez (1532).

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