RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hans Küng

1928 - 2021

Photo of Hans Küng

Icon of person Hans Küng

Hans Küng (German: [ˈhans ˈkʏŋ]; 19 March 1928 – 6 April 2021) was a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author. From 1995 he was president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos). Küng was ordained a priest in 1954, joined the faculty of the University of Tübingen in 1960, and served as a theological adviser during the Second Vatican Council. In 1978, after he rejected the doctrine of papal infallibility, he was not allowed to continue teaching as a Catholic theologian, but he remained at Tübingen as a professor of ecumenical theology until he retired with the title professor emeritus in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Küng is the 658th most popular religious figure (down from 651st in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 2nd most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

Hans Küng is a German theologian and Catholic priest. He was a professor of theology at the University of Tübingen, Germany and is now emeritus. He is most famous for his disagreement with the Catholic Church's teachings on papal infallibility.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Hans Küng by language

Loading...

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hans Küng ranks 658 out of 3,187. Before him are Kateri Tekakwitha, Antipope Clement VII, Philemon, Peter Lombard, Vinko Puljić, and Macarius of Egypt. After him are Óscar Romero, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Tarcisius, John Knox, Zebedee, and Saint Eustace.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Hans Küng ranks 41. Before him are Martin Landau, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Maya Angelou, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Martin Cooper, and James Ivory. After him are Jean Kennedy Smith, George Peppard, Kim Yong-nam, Alberto Korda, Alvin Toffler, and Carlos Fuentes. Among people deceased in 2021, Hans Küng ranks 31. Before him are Jacques Rogge, Robert Downey Sr., Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Bell hooks, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and Charlie Watts. After him are Steven Weinberg, Ei-ichi Negishi, Edmond H. Fischer, Idriss Déby, Nathalie Delon, and Karolos Papoulias.

Others Born in 1928

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2021

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Hans Küng ranks 65 out of 1,015. Before him are Hermann Rorschach (1884), Auguste Piccard (1884), Michel Mayor (1942), Johannes Itten (1888), Kurt Wüthrich (1938), and Werner Arber (1929). After him are Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Gabriel Cramer (1704), Emil Jannings (1884), Hans Albert Einstein (1904), Max Frisch (1911), and Alexandre Yersin (1863).

Others born in Switzerland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Hans Küng ranks 2. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli (1484). After him are Nicholas of Flüe (1417), Anna Göldi (1734), Brother Roger (1915), Anders Arborelius (1949), Heinrich Bullinger (1504), Kurt Koch (1950), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), and Jacob Sprenger (1435).

Swiss born Religious Figures

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous