RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Godfried Danneels

1933 - 2019

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Godfried Maria Jules Danneels (4 June 1933 – 14 March 2019) was a Belgian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and the chairman of the Episcopal Conference of Belgium from 1979 to 2010. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Godfried Danneels is the 864th most popular religious figure (up from 1,406th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 286th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Godfried Danneels ranks 864 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Eligius, John Henry Newman, Isaac Luria, Philip the Evangelist, Renato Martino, and Holofernes. After him are Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, Basilides, Paul of Samosata, Gertrude of Nivelles, Antipas of Pergamum, and Sa'id bin Zayd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Godfried Danneels ranks 74. Before him are Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Mathieu Kérékou, Bobby Robson, David McCallum, Willie Nelson, and Cormac McCarthy. After him are Richard S. Castellano, Peter Mansfield, Horst Buchholz, Wilbur Smith, Sam Jones, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Among people deceased in 2019, Godfried Danneels ranks 57. Before him are Roger Etchegaray, John Tate, John Robert Schrieffer, Ágnes Heller, Lennart Johansson, and Yasuhiro Nakasone. After him are Sigmund Jähn, Ferdinand Piëch, Fernando de la Rúa, Zhores Alferov, Kary Mullis, and Tony Buzan.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Godfried Danneels ranks 129 out of 1,190. Before him are Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522), Frans Snyders (1579), Catharina van Hemessen (1528), David Teniers the Younger (1610), Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), and Jacob Le Maire (1585). After him are Gertrude of Nivelles (626), Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060), Siger of Brabant (1240), Joseph Plateau (1801), Luce Irigaray (1930), and Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, Godfried Danneels ranks 2. Before him are Father Damien (1840). After him are Gertrude of Nivelles (626), Bavo of Ghent (589), Gudula (646), Juliana of Liège (1193), Begga (615), Lutgardis (1182), Jozef De Kesel (1947), Chrodegang (715), Clemens August of Bavaria (1700), and William of St-Thierry (1085).

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