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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 18,289 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Peter Poreku Dery is the 2,664th most popular religious figure (down from 1,966th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Ghana (down from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ghanaian Religious Figure.

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  • 40.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Poreku Dery ranks 2,664 out of 2,238Before him are Timothy M. Dolan, Valerian Gracias, Wenceslao Padilla, Joseph F. Smith, Soane Patita Paini Mafi, and Daniel DiNardo. After him are Thomas Christopher Collins, Chandramukhi Basu, Geoffrey Keating, Rawil Gaynetdin, Aloysius Ambrozic, and Gregorio Aglipay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Peter Poreku Dery ranks 274Before him are Evelyn Ankers, Dave Bartholomew, Ben Klassen, Albertina Sisulu, Helen Wagner, and Eddy Arnold. After him are Adolph Kiefer, Marian McPartland, Fedor Samokhin, Gerald Wilson, Walt Faulkner, and Bobby Troup. Among people deceased in 2008, Peter Poreku Dery ranks 313Before him are Vlado Taneski, Benoît Lamy, Sam Bottoms, Alexander Courage, Eddy Arnold, and Bjørn Paulson. After him are Joseph Pevney, Beverly Garland, Yodrak Salakjai, Abby Mann, Norman Dello Joio, and Ruslana Korshunova.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Peter Poreku Dery ranks 32 out of 121Before him are Efua Dorkenoo (1949), Kwadwo Asamoah (1988), Edward Akufo-Addo (1906), Alphonso Davies (2000), Akwasi Afrifa (1936), and Ama Ata Aidoo (1942). After him are Derek Boateng (1983), Felix Nartey (null), James Kwesi Appiah (1960), Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913), Ayi Kwei Armah (1939), and Kofi Awoonor (1935).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ghana

Among religious figures born in Ghana, Peter Poreku Dery ranks 2Before him are Peter Turkson (1948).