RELIGIOUS FIGURE

George Pell

1941 - 2023

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George Pell (8 June 1941 – 10 January 2023) was an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. From 2002, he faced recurring accusations of sexual abuse, although his subsequent sexual abuse conviction was quashed on appeal to the High Court of Australia. Pell served as the inaugural prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy at the Vatican from 2014 to 2019 and a member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers from 2013 to 2018. Ordained a priest in 1966 and bishop in 1987, he was made a cardinal in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Pell is the 1,920th most popular religious figure (up from 2,008th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Australia (up from 105th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Australian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, George Pell ranks 1,920 out of 3,187. Before him are Crescenzio Sepe, Diego Laynez, Sobekemsaf II, António Marto, Joseph Vaz, and Hans Tausen. After him are Hyacinth, Sergio Sebastiani, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, Brynjólfur Sveinsson, Kimpa Vita, and Neferkasokar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, George Pell ranks 232. Before him are Harald Nielsen, Muhammad Mustafa Mero, Captain Beefheart, Yevhen Marchuk, Andrés García, and Eric Braeden. After him are Wilson Pickett, Christopher Connelly, Jiří Raška, George P. Cosmatos, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and Bob Wilson. Among people deceased in 2023, George Pell ranks 172. Before him are Craig Brown, Richard Roundtree, Martin Walser, Amitai Etzioni, Julian Sands, and Andrés García. After him are Dmitry Utkin, Sherif Ismail, Irenaios, Suzanne Somers, Peter Bieri, and Hans Albert.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, George Pell ranks 98 out of 1,143. Before him are David Helfgott (1947), Michael Hutchence (1960), Nick Vujicic (1982), John Howard (1939), Elle Macpherson (1964), and Andy Thomas (1951). After him are Bobby Pearce (1905), Morris West (1916), Jack Crawford (1908), Yagan (1800), Edward Cassidy (1924), and Judy Davis (1955).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Australia

Among religious figures born in Australia, George Pell ranks 3. Before him are Truganini (1812), and James Harrison (1936). After him are Edward Cassidy (1924), Edward Clancy (1923), Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896), Mary MacKillop (1842), and Peter Hollingworth (1935).

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