RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Telesphore Toppo

1939 - 2023

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Telesphore Placidus Toppo (15 October 1939 – 4 October 2023) was an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church and a member of the aboriginal tribal community who was archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ranchi from 1985 to 2018, after serving as coadjutor there for a year. He was bishop of Dumka from 1978 to 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Telesphore Toppo has received more than 83,675 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Telesphore Toppo is the 1,616th most popular religious figure (up from 2,541st in 2019), the 308th most popular biography from India (up from 640th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Telesphore Toppo ranks 1,616 out of 3,187. Before him are Luigi Jacobini, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Michel Sabbah, Lawrence Justinian, Alexander of Constantinople, and Tlacaelel. After him are Emmeram of Regensburg, John Scholasticus, Angilbert, Friedrich Wetter, Jānis Pujats, and George Martinuzzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Telesphore Toppo ranks 176. Before him are John Badham, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Alfredo Palacio, Russell Means, Judy Chicago, and Boris Kolker. After him are R. Budd Dwyer, Heinz Holliger, Czesław Niemen, Romualdo Arppi Filho, Pilar Bardem, and Susannah York. Among people deceased in 2023, Telesphore Toppo ranks 212. Before him are Irina Miroshnichenko, Robert Hanssen, Karol J. Bobko, Dominique Colonna, Viktor Mamatov, and Juraj Jakubisko. After him are Klaus Teuber, Mary L. Cleave, Ahmad Jamal, Frances Sternhagen, María Kodama, and Aleksandar Matanović.

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In India

Among people born in India, Telesphore Toppo ranks 308 out of 1,861. Before him are M. Karunanidhi (1924), Savitri (1936), Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952), Asha Bhosle (1933), K. Kamaraj (1903), and Zail Singh (1916). After him are Chandra Shekhar (1927), Rajinikanth (1950), Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861), Vallabha (1479), Rishabhanatha (null), and Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Telesphore Toppo ranks 34. Before him are Guru Amar Das (1479), Zakir Naik (1965), Mahinda (-285), Swaminarayan (1781), Tilopa (928), and Inayat Khan (1882). After him are Abbé Faria (1756), Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Guru Har Krishan (1656), Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), and Joseph Vaz (1651).

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