RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Desmond Connell

1926 - 2017

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Desmond Connell (24 March 1926 – 21 February 2017) was an Irish cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. He was an Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. Cardinal Connell was one of a number of senior clergy to have been heavily criticised for inaction, making misleading statements and covering up clerical sex abuse in Dublin. He died on 21 February 2017, aged 90. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Desmond Connell is the 3,000th most popular religious figure (up from 3,033rd in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 362nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Irish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Desmond Connell ranks 3,000 out of 3,187. Before him are John T. Scopes, John McCloskey, Joseph F. Smith, Sin-Iddinam, Blanche Barton, and Isabella Stewart Gardner. After him are Dan Osman, Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Edward Egan, Epiphanius I of Ukraine, and Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Desmond Connell ranks 485. Before him are Bryan Forbes, Randy Weston, Anatoly Logunov, Patrice Wymore, Tim LaHaye, and Lionel Jeffries. After him are Éva Janikovszky, Franca Falcucci, Jan Morris, Robert Creeley, Bud Shank, and Dionizije Dvornić. Among people deceased in 2017, Desmond Connell ranks 546. Before him are Ninian Stephen, Jim Nabors, Gilbert Stork, Ty Hardin, Viktor Kupreichik, and Lorne Loomer. After him are Giorgio Capitani, Kirti Nidhi Bista, Jean E. Sammet, Nicole Bricq, Shelley Berman, and Tommy Gemmell.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Desmond Connell ranks 326 out of 549. Before him are Robert Emmet (1778), Paul Mescal (1996), Billy Whelan (1935), Colum McCann (1965), Patrick Leahy (1877), and Thomas Fitzsimons (1741). After him are William Hobson (1792), Mary Ward (1827), Damien Rice (1973), Geoffrey Keating (1569), Graham Norton (1963), and Maria Doyle Kennedy (1964).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Desmond Connell ranks 19. Before him are Catald (700), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), Violet Gibson (1876), Hugh O'Flaherty (1898), Oliver Plunkett (1625), and Finnian of Clonard (470). After him are Geoffrey Keating (1569), and Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516).

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