RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter Poreku Dery

1918 - 2008

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Peter Porekuu Dery (10 May 1918 – 6 March 2008), originally Porekuu Der, was a Ghanaian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Tamale from 1974 to 1994, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Poreku Dery has received more than 18,877 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Poreku Dery is the 2,821st most popular religious figure (down from 2,647th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Ghana (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ghanaian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Poreku Dery ranks 2,821 out of 3,187. Before him are Stanisław Wielgus, Eustathius of Constantinople, Zoltan Sarosy, Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, Emma Smith, and Thomas Christopher Collins. After him are Zimran, Domenico Mezzadri, Joseph Strickland, George Abbot, Paul Grégoire, and Fernando Cardenal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Peter Poreku Dery ranks 256. Before him are René de Obaldia, Nils Östensson, Yevgeniya Sechenova, Renée Faure, Reinaldo Gorno, and Mariano Mores. After him are Tranquilo Cappozzo, Madeleine L'Engle, Yelizaveta Chaikina, Gunnel Vallquist, Axel Grönberg, and Douglas Bennett. Among people deceased in 2008, Peter Poreku Dery ranks 283. Before him are Algis Budrys, Eugenio Montejo, Jimmy Giuffre, Gennadi Volnov, Rudolf Illovszky, and Brad Renfro. After him are Jesse Helms, Richey Edwards, Rubén Héctor Sosa, Frank Piasecki, Ai Iijima, and Marilyn Ferguson.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Peter Poreku Dery ranks 24 out of 162. Before him are Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), Sulley Muntari (1984), John Mahama (1958), Asamoah Gyan (1985), and El Anatsui (1944). After him are Fred Akuffo (1937), Gerald Asamoah (1978), Ibrahim Sunday (1944), Hilla Limann (1934), Alphonso Davies (2000), and Stephen Appiah (1980).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ghana

Among religious figures born in Ghana, Peter Poreku Dery ranks 2. Before him are Peter Turkson (1948). After him are Richard Baawobr (1959), and Theodosia Okoh (1922).

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