RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Eugênio Sales

1920 - 2012

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Eugênio de Araújo Sales (8 November 1920 – 9 July 2012) was a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, having been elevated by Pope Paul VI on 28 April 1969. He served as archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro for thirty years until his resignation was accepted in 2001, when he had already passed the maximum age for voting in a papal conclave. He was the Cardinal Protopriest of the Holy Roman Church and also the longest-serving living Cardinal of the Catholic Church from 16 February 2009 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugênio Sales is the 2,556th most popular religious figure (up from 2,743rd in 2019), the 442nd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 635th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Brazilian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Eugênio Sales ranks 2,556 out of 3,187. Before him are Violet Gibson, A'annepada, Macedonius I of Constantinople, Tychicus, Dieudonné Nzapalainga, and Heo Hwang-ok. After him are Carl Tanzler, Gisbertus Voetius, Carlo Agostini, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, and Edmund Campion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Eugênio Sales ranks 266. Before him are Richard N. Frye, Hans Ørberg, Henry Eriksson, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Mustafa Khalil, and Bengt Ekerot. After him are Anne-Cath. Vestly, George Herbig, Karen Khachaturian, Janet Jagan, Ross Martin, and Maxi Herber. Among people deceased in 2012, Eugênio Sales ranks 241. Before him are Ann Rutherford, Sergey Kapitsa, Rafael Lesmes, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Margaret Osborne duPont, and William Windom. After him are Ahmed Jabari, Cordelia Edvardson, Boris Parygin, Leon Schlumpf, Nelson Prudêncio, and Paul Pietsch.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Eugênio Sales ranks 442 out of 2,236. Before him are Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues (1892), Diego (1985), Rodolpho Barteczko (1910), Doca (1903), Marina Silva (1958), and George Yonashiro (1950). After him are Fred (1983), Francisco Mignone (1897), Baltazar (1926), Kevin Kurányi (1982), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928), and Filipe Luís (1985).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Brazil

Among religious figures born in Brazil, Eugênio Sales ranks 14. Before him are Aloísio Lorscheider (1924), Geraldo Majella Agnelo (1933), José Freire Falcão (1925), Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937), Frei Galvão (1739), and Sérgio da Rocha (1959). After him are Eusébio Scheid (1932), Irmã Dulce (1914), Paulo Cezar Costa (1967), and Serafim Fernandes de Araújo (1924).

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