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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rainer Woelki

1956 - Today

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Rainer Maria Woelki (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaɪnɐ maˈʁiːa ˈvœlki]; born 18 August 1956) is a German Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Cologne since his installation on 20 September 2014 following his election by the Cathedral Chapter to succeed Joachim Meisner in that position. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rainer Woelki has received more than 113,352 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Rainer Woelki is the 2,417th most popular religious figure (down from 2,076th in 2019), the 4,229th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,972nd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular German Religious Figure.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

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  • 3.44

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rainer Woelki ranks 2,417 out of 2,238Before him are Phạm Minh Mẫn, Raymond E. Brown, Jean Marcel Honoré, Evagrius of Constantinople, Djedkhonsuefankh, and Bernard Fellay. After him are Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda, Lorenzo Ruiz, Damián Iguacén Borau, Henry of Blois, Roger of Wendover, and John Zizioulas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Rainer Woelki ranks 288Before him are Lisa Eilbacher, Mark Evans, Peter Farrelly, Eileen Collins, Bernard Sumner, and David E. Kelley. After him are Ismaël Lô, Schelte J. Bus, Lei Clijsters, Roger Michell, Rodolfo Rodríguez, and Ernie Brandts.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rainer Woelki ranks 4,229 out of 6,142Before him are Karin Baal (1940), Ellen Braumüller (1910), Ümit Davala (1973), Tré Cool (1972), Jakob van Hoddis (1887), and Peter Frenkel (1939). After him are Alfred Bohrmann (1904), Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1815), Paul Peter Ewald (1888), Johann Christoph Wendland (1755), Björn Engholm (1939), and Jupp Kapellmann (1949).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Rainer Woelki ranks 103Before him are Rudolf Kittel (1853), Ludwig Kaas (1881), Franz Delitzsch (1813), Joseph Höffner (1906), Julius Döpfner (1913), and Franz Ehrle (1845). After him are Franziskus von Bettinger (1850), Brother Alois (1954), Joseph Wendel (1901), Hermann Volk (1903), Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (1926), and Chris Gueffroy (1968).