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Franjo Kuharić

1919 - 2002

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Franjo Kuharić (15 April 1919 – 11 March 2002) was a Croatian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1970 until his resignation in 1997. Made a cardinal in 1983, he was known as the "Rock of Croatia" because of his defense of human rights and urgings of peace and forgiveness during the independence conflict and the Bosnian War. Kuharić was a vocal supporter of the cause for the canonization of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac (who had ordained him as a priest in 1945). He worked to rehabilitate the image of the cardinal during his episcopate, eventually leading to Stepinac's 1998 beatification in Zagreb. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franjo Kuharić is the 1,934th most popular religious figure (down from 1,874th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Croatian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Franjo Kuharić ranks 1,934 out of 3,187. Before him are Jean du Bellay, Irenaios, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Constantine, Laurean Rugambwa, and James Michael Harvey. After him are Pinedjem II, Chromatius, Érard de la Marck, Carlo Caffarra, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, and Tlacaelel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Franjo Kuharić ranks 130. Before him are Arthur Cronquist, José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Jean Lefebvre, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Toni Turek, and Ivan Sidorenko. After him are Paul Vanden Boeynants, Hans Hermann Groër, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Maurice Hilleman, Anatoly Dobrynin, and Adamantios Androutsopoulos. Among people deceased in 2002, Franjo Kuharić ranks 116. Before him are Eugenio Coșeriu, Joseph Bonanno, Jacques Massu, Jim "Bad News" Barnes, Igor Ansoff, and André Delvaux. After him are Barbara Valentin, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Rosemary Clooney, Ernst Stojaspal, Yevgeny Svetlanov, and Domènec Balmanya.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Franjo Kuharić ranks 147 out of 700. Before him are Josip Runjanin (1821), Željko Čajkovski (1925), Ivo Lola Ribar (1916), Petar Preradović (1818), Andrea Schiavone (1510), and Duje Bonačić (1929). After him are Pietro I Candiano (842), Vladimir Bakarić (1912), Ante Žanetić (1936), Robert Jarni (1968), Petar Radaković (1937), and Dragutin Šurbek (1946).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Croatia

Among religious figures born in Croatia, Franjo Kuharić ranks 14. Before him are Franjo Šeper (1905), George Martinuzzi (1482), Julian of Antioch (231), Quirinus of Sescia (300), Marko Krizin (1589), and Maximianus of Ravenna (499). After him are Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560), Nicholas Tavelic (1340), and Augustin Kažotić (1260).

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