1946 - Today
Youssef Absi (Arabic: يوسف عبسي; Latin: Iosephus Absi; born June 20, 1946, in Damascus, Syria) is the current patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, serving since June 21, 2017. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Youssef Absi has received more than 114,016 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Youssef Absi is the 2,620th most popular religious figure (down from 2,120th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Syria (down from 139th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Syrian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Youssef Absi ranks 2,620 out of 2,238. Before him are John McCloskey, Theodoros Kontidis, Bruno Forte, Pope Markianos of Alexandria, Basil Hume, and Vissarion. After him are Saud Al-Shuraim, Carlos María de la Torre, Blanche Barton, J. I. Packer, He Pingping, and Charles Scicluna.
1810 - 1885
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 2,614
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 2,615
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 2,616
100 - 154
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 2,617
1923 - 1999
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 2,618
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 2,619
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 2,620
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 2,621
1873 - 1968
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 2,622
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 2,623
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 2,624
1988 - 2010
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 2,625
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 2,626
Among people born in 1946, Youssef Absi ranks 591. Before him are Dean Cundey, Jacques Sylla, Jan Werner, Dan White, Terry Branstad, and Stanisław Barańczak. After him are Pavel Chukhray, Clive Bunker, Roar Grønvold, Jimmy Buffett, Kees Schouhamer Immink, and Loudon Wainwright III.
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 585
1946 - 2009
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 586
1946 - 2014
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 587
1946 - 1985
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 588
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 589
1946 - 2014
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 590
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 591
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 592
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 593
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 594
1946 - 2023
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 595
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 596
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 597
Among people born in Syria, Youssef Absi ranks 161 out of 181. Before him are Adel Safar (1953), Moaz al-Khatib (1960), Assala Nasri (1969), Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964), Suheil al-Hassan (1970), and Riyad Farid Hijab (1966). After him are Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954), Randa Kassis (1970), Ghada Shouaa (1972), Yasser Seirawan (1960), Ignatius Aphrem II (1965), and Mahmoud Dahoud (1996).
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 155
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 156
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 157
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 158
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 159
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 160
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 161
1954 - Present
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 162
1970 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 163
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 164
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 165
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 166
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 167
Among religious figures born in Syria, Youssef Absi ranks 22. Before him are Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (1944), Cosmas of Maiuma (675), Hilarion Capucci (1922), Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), Eulogius of Alexandria (501), and Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (1977). After him are Ignatius Aphrem II (1965).
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 16
675 - 760
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 17
1922 - 2017
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 18
1920 - 2012
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 19
501 - 608
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 20
1977 - 2016
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 21
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 22
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 23