RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gregorio Pietro Agagianian

1895 - 1971

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Gregorio Pietro XV Agagianian (ah-gah-JAHN-yan; anglicized: Gregory Peter; Western Armenian: Գրիգոր Պետրոս ԺԵ. Աղաճանեան, Krikor Bedros ŽĒ. Aghajanian; born Ghazaros Aghajanian, 15 September 1895 – 16 May 1971) was an Armenian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the head of the Armenian Catholic Church (as Patriarch of Cilicia) from 1937 to 1962 and supervised the Catholic Church's missionary work for more than a decade, until his retirement in 1970. He was considered papabile on two occasions, in 1958 and 1963. Educated in Tiflis and Rome, Agagianian first served as leader of the Armenian Catholic community of Tiflis before the Bolshevik takeover of the Caucasus in 1921. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gregorio Pietro Agagianian is the 1,141st most popular religious figure (up from 1,820th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Georgia (up from 108th in 2019) and the most popular Georgian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian ranks 1,141 out of 3,187. Before him are Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Anthony Mary Claret, Jānis Pujats, Parshvanatha, Johann Eck, and Ram. After him are Wilton Daniel Gregory, Henry Benedict Stuart, Kurt Koch, Matsyendranatha, Juliana of Liège, and Felix of Cantalice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian ranks 80. Before him are Marcel Pagnol, Lin Yutang, Ferdinand Čatloš, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, B. H. Liddell Hart, and Jean Giono. After him are Walter Dornberger, Vinoba Bhave, Jack Dempsey, Dino Grandi, Shote Galica, and Kurt Schumacher. Among people deceased in 1971, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian ranks 42. Before him are Max Steiner, Johannes Frießner, Roy O. Disney, Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Pier Angeli, and W. O. Bentley. After him are Paul Lévy, Mathilde Kschessinska, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Diane Arbus, Raoul Hausmann, and Van Heflin.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian ranks 43 out of 406. Before him are Otar Iosseliani (1934), Heraclius II of Georgia (1720), Nariman Narimanov (1870), Rashid Behbudov (1915), George XII of Georgia (1746), and Zurab Tsereteli (1934). After him are Akim Tamiroff (1899), Mihrişah Sultan (1745), Stepan Shaumian (1878), Murad Bey (1750), Rouben Mamoulian (1897), and Vakhtang I of Iberia (440).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Georgia

Among religious figures born in Georgia, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian ranks 1. After him are Gabriel Urgebadze (1929), and Anthim the Iberian (1650).

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