The Most Famous

RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Kyrgyzstan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Kirghiz Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 3,187 Religious Figures, 1 of which were born in Kyrgyzstan. This makes Kyrgyzstan the birth place of the 131st most number of Religious Figures behind Central African Republic, and Tonga.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kirghiz Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Kirghiz Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Athanasius Schneider (b. 1961)

With an HPI of 57.32, Athanasius Schneider is the most famous Kirghiz Religious Figure.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C. (born Anton Schneider on 7 April 1961) is a Catholic prelate, serving as the Auxiliary Bishop of Astana in Kazakhstan. He is a member of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra. He is known for championing the pre-Vatican II liturgical traditions and practices of the Church, such as the Tridentine Mass, and for protesting certain current policies, including some associated with Pope Francis.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Kirghiz religious figures born between 1961 and 1961. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Kirghiz religious figures include Athanasius Schneider.

Living Kirghiz Religious Figures

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