The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Finland
This page contains a list of the greatest Finnish Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 3,187 Religious Figures, 2 of which were born in Finland. This makes Finland the birth place of the 107th most number of Religious Figures behind Mauritius, and Haiti.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Finnish Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Finnish Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Teemu Sippo (b. 1947)
With an HPI of 56.90, Teemu Sippo is the most famous Finnish Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I. (born 20 May 1947) is a Finnish retired Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Helsinki from 2009 to 2019. He was the first Finnish-born Catholic bishop since Arvid Kurck (1464–1522).
2. Leo Makkonen (b. 1948)
With an HPI of 55.89, Leo Makkonen is the 2nd most famous Finnish Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Archbishop Leo (born 4 June 1948, Pielavesi, Finland) is a former prelate of the Orthodox Church of Finland as Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Finnish religious figures born between 1947 and 1948. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Finnish religious figures include Teemu Sippo, and Leo Makkonen.
