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Avery Dulles

1918 - 2008

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Avery Robert Dulles ( DUL-iss; August 24, 1918 – December 12, 2008) was an American Jesuit priest, theologian, and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Dulles served on the faculty of Woodstock College from 1960 to 1974, of the Catholic University of America from 1974 to 1988, and as the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University from 1988 to 2008. He was also an author and lecturer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Avery Dulles is the 2,896th most popular religious figure (up from 2,933rd in 2019), the 8,668th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,902nd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Avery Dulles ranks 2,896 out of 3,187. Before him are Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Brother Alois, Swithun, Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Maximos IV Sayegh, and Władysław Rubin. After him are Pedro López Quintana, Aristobulus of Britannia, Joseph Werth, Alypius of Byzantium, Zimran, and Antonio José González Zumárraga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Avery Dulles ranks 258. Before him are Hans Berglund, Horacio Casarín, Said Mohamed Jaffar, Jopie Selbach, Luciano Emmer, and Renée Faure. After him are Rand Brooks, Viktor Talalikhin, Jeanne Bates, Johnnie Parsons, Enrique Tierno Galván, and Donald Regan. Among people deceased in 2008, Avery Dulles ranks 289. Before him are Gabriel París Gordillo, Cecilia Colledge, Anatoly Karatsuba, Erwin Geschonneck, Rafael Azcona, and Françoise Demulder. After him are Omar Caetano, Albin Planinc, Antonio José González Zumárraga, Jesse Helms, Mira Alečković, and Rudolf Illovszky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Avery Dulles ranks 8,670 out of 20,380. Before him are Dick Durbin (1944), Lewis Stone (1879), Charlotte Rae (1926), Jonathan Brandis (1976), Bronson Pinchot (1959), and Buddy DeFranco (1923). After him are Kitty Winn (1944), Chill Wills (1902), Michael Mullen (1946), Nick Wechsler (1978), Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), and Michael Franks (1944).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Avery Dulles ranks 82. Before him are Adam Maida (1930), William Ellery Channing (1780), Roger Mahony (1936), Raymond E. Brown (1928), Bruce M. Metzger (1914), and James Stafford (1932). After him are Sylvester Graham (1794), Salvatore Cordileone (1956), Wovoka (1856), Tammy Faye Messner (1942), Jim Elliot (1927), and C. I. Scofield (1843).

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