RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Edward Egan

1932 - 2015

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Edward Michael Egan (April 2, 1932 – March 5, 2015) was an American Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Bridgeport in Connecticut from 1988 to 2000 and as archbishop of New York from 2000 to 2009. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Edward Egan is the 3,012th most popular religious figure (down from 3,005th in 2024), the 11,016th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,870th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Edward Egan ranks 3,013 out of 3,187. Before him are Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat, Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Desmond Connell, Dan Osman, Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, and Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst. After him are Epiphanius I of Ukraine, Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn, Geoffrey Keating, and Anders Wejryd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Edward Egan ranks 516. Before him are John Jakes, Ahmet Berman, Beryl Bainbridge, Alberto Dines, Robert Spitzer, and Coxsone Dodd. After him are Bailey Olter, Mark Murphy, Donna Douglas, Henry Taylor, W. Morgan Sheppard, and Gennadiy Shatkov. Among people deceased in 2015, Edward Egan ranks 455. Before him are Hitoshi Saito, Alberta Watson, Martin Milner, Ray Lumpp, Ferenc Juhász, and Robert Spitzer. After him are Mark Murphy, Coleen Gray, Sadhana Shivdasani, Donna Douglas, Nicolás Fuentes, and Gene Saks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Egan ranks 11,018 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Kreeft (1937), Robert Spitzer (1932), Lou Harrison (1917), Louis Sachar (1954), Rikishi (1965), and Charles Dumas (1937). After him are Evelyn Venable (1913), Sam Balter (1909), Robert Creeley (1926), Richard Garfield (1963), Baby Dodds (1898), and Markie Post (1950).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Edward Egan ranks 102. Before him are John T. Scopes (1900), John McCloskey (1810), Joseph F. Smith (1838), Blanche Barton (1961), Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840), and Dan Osman (1963). After him are William Cameron Townsend (1896), James Aloysius Hickey (1920), Lillian Disney (1899), David Miscavige (1960), Ezra Taft Benson (1899), and Peter the Aleut (1800).

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