RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Tarcisio Bertone

1934 - Today

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Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone (born 2 December 1934) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a Vatican diplomat. A cardinal since 2003, he served as Archbishop of Vercelli from 1991 to 1995, as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop of Genoa from 2002 to 2006, and as Cardinal Secretary of State from 2006 to 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tarcisio Bertone has received more than 389,987 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Tarcisio Bertone is the 691st most popular religious figure (down from 665th in 2019), the 862nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 815th in 2019) and the 254th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Tarcisio Bertone is most famous for being the Secretary of State under Pope Benedict XVI.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Tarcisio Bertone ranks 691 out of 3,187Before him are Eulalia of Mérida, Óscar Romero, Pontius Pilate's wife, Fatima al-Fihri, Mordecai, and Célestin Freinet. After him are Said Nursî, Abdullah ibn Saba', Abe no Seimei, Scholastica, 6th Dalai Lama, and Pancras of Rome.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Tarcisio Bertone ranks 43Before him are Roman Herzog, Richard Chamberlain, Bill Bixby, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Alan Arkin, and Otar Iosseliani. After him are Jacques Anquetil, Bill Russell, David J. Thouless, Jonas Savimbi, John L. Hall, and Georges Moustaki.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tarcisio Bertone ranks 862 out of 5,161Before him are Andrea Camilleri (1925), Marcus Claudius Tacitus (200), Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618), Salvator Rosa (1615), Gentile da Fabriano (1370), and Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776). After him are Francesca Caccini (1587), Scholastica (480), Pupienus (170), Luciano Berio (1925), Francesco Hayez (1791), and Veronica Franco (1546).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Tarcisio Bertone ranks 254Before him are Tarcisius (263), Pope Benedict IV (860), Pope Benedict V (930), John of Capistrano (1386), Jacobus da Varagine (1228), and Pope Leo V (870). After him are Scholastica (480), Angelo Sodano (1927), Pope Severinus (600), Silas (1), Melania the Younger (383), and Pope Leo VIII (900).