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Franjo Šeper

1905 - 1981

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Franjo Šeper (2 October 1905 – 30 December 1981) was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Before that, he served as the Archbishop of Zagreb from 1960 to 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franjo Šeper is the 1,460th most popular religious figure (up from 1,491st in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Croatia (up from 116th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Croatian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Franjo Šeper ranks 1,460 out of 3,187. Before him are Adam Rainer, Isaac of Armenia, Cyril Lucaris, Ahijah the Shilonite, Marcello Semeraro, and Pavle, Serbian Patriarch. After him are Paschal Baylón, 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, Angelo Bagnasco, Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy, Maximus V of Constantinople, and Antipope Theodore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Franjo Šeper ranks 98. Before him are Eugen Fink, James J. Braddock, Erwin Chargaff, Joseph Kosma, Jacinto Quincoces, and Paul Nizan. After him are Mir Sultan Khan, Nathan Homer Knorr, Savitri Devi, Myrna Loy, Giacinto Scelsi, and Manuel Ferreira. Among people deceased in 1981, Franjo Šeper ranks 62. Before him are Josep Pla, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Heinz Kohut, Mike Hailwood, Giuseppe Pella, and Lotte Reiniger. After him are Ella Grasso, Valeri Kharlamov, Nelson Algren, Lotte Lenya, Christy Brown, and Ziaur Rahman.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Franjo Šeper ranks 93 out of 700. Before him are Milan Martić (1954), Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Roberto Ferruzzi (1853), Arsen Dedić (1938), Branko Lustig (1932), and Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (1914). After him are Mate Parlov (1948), Oliver Dragojević (1947), Herman Potočnik (1892), Momčilo Đujić (1907), Goran Hadžić (1958), and Paul Neményi (1895).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Croatia

Among religious figures born in Croatia, Franjo Šeper ranks 8. Before him are Pope Caius (250), Saint Marinus (275), Aloysius Stepinac (1898), Margaret of Hungary (1242), Josip Bozanić (1949), and Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (1914). After him are George Martinuzzi (1482), Julian of Antioch (231), Quirinus of Sescia (300), Marko Krizin (1589), Maximianus of Ravenna (499), and Franjo Kuharić (1919).

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