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Aloísio Lorscheider

1924 - 2007

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Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. (8 October 1924 – 23 December 2007) was a Brazilian Catholic cardinal during the 1970s and 1980s. He was known as an advocate of liberation theology in the 1970s and was seen by some observers as a serious candidate for the papacy in the two conclaves of 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aloísio Lorscheider is the 1,985th most popular religious figure (up from 2,461st in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 470th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Brazilian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Aloísio Lorscheider ranks 1,985 out of 3,187. Before him are Maxim of Bulgaria, Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, Bashar ibn Burd, Juliana Falconieri, Saint Domnius, and Abdurreshid Ibrahim. After him are Turibius of Mogrovejo, Mang of Xia, Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Diodorus of Tarsus, Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans, and Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Aloísio Lorscheider ranks 188. Before him are José Donoso, S. N. Goenka, Alice Babs, Gene Deitch, Alexander Matrosov, and Guillermo Rodríguez. After him are Ken Tyrrell, Olivier Gendebien, Alain Bombard, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Idries Shah, and Edward Cassidy. Among people deceased in 2007, Aloísio Lorscheider ranks 159. Before him are Tosiwo Nakayama, Manuel Bento, Ichiji Otani, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Christian d'Oriola, and Alfons Maria Stickler. After him are Reg Park, Wolfgang Iser, Holden Roberto, Parry O'Brien, Carl-Henning Pedersen, and Lee Hazlewood.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Aloísio Lorscheider ranks 254 out of 2,236. Before him are Gustavo Kuerten (1976), Wilson da Silva Piazza (1943), Hermes da Fonseca (1855), Anfilogino Guarisi (1905), José Linhares (1886), and Jair da Rosa Pinto (1921). After him are Angelo Sormani (1939), Tite (1961), Julinho (1929), Rodrigo Santoro (1975), Max Cavalera (1969), and Ederson (1993).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Brazil

Among religious figures born in Brazil, Aloísio Lorscheider ranks 8. Before him are Leonardo Boff (1938), Cláudio Hummes (1934), Odilo Scherer (1949), João Braz de Aviz (1947), Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921), and Orani João Tempesta (1949). After him are Geraldo Majella Agnelo (1933), José Freire Falcão (1925), Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937), Frei Galvão (1739), Sérgio da Rocha (1959), and Eugênio Sales (1920).

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