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Franz König

1905 - 2004

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Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope John XXIII, he was the longest-serving and second-oldest cardinal worldwide at the time of his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz König is the 1,063rd most popular religious figure (up from 1,730th in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Austria (up from 564th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Franz König ranks 1,063 out of 3,187. Before him are Thaïs, Arnold Janssen, Thibaud Gaudin, Saint Marcella, Saint Chrysogonus, and Gudula. After him are Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Adam Stefan Sapieha, Peter III of Alexandria, Seán Patrick O'Malley, George Syncellus, and Yolanda of Poland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Franz König ranks 62. Before him are Daniil Kharms, Emmanuel Mounier, Pat Brown, Sada Abe, Clara Bow, and Prince John of the United Kingdom. After him are Dolores del Río, Erika Mann, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Otto Preminger, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Sebastian Shaw. Among people deceased in 2004, Franz König ranks 54. Before him are Saizo Saito, Andriyan Nikolayev, Otto Kumm, Theo van Gogh, Norberto Bobbio, and Hubert Selby Jr.. After him are Arthur Hailey, Robert Merle, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Raymond Goethals, Philippe de Broca, and Charles Sweeney.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz König ranks 315 out of 1,424. Before him are Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), Kunigunde of Austria (1465), Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432), Martin Karplus (1930), Claudia Felicitas of Austria (1653), and Franz Böhme (1885). After him are Peter Altenberg (1859), Guido von List (1848), Hans Krankl (1953), Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858), Erik Jan Hanussen (1889), and Agnes of Austria (1151).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Austria

Among religious figures born in Austria, Franz König ranks 4. Before him are Pope Gregory V (972), Saint Florian (250), and Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (1073). After him are Alois Hudal (1885), Franz Jägerstätter (1907), Hieronymus von Colloredo (1732), Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw (1590), Hermann Gmeiner (1919), Maria Schicklgruber (1795), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1649), and Hans Hermann Groër (1919).

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