RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Henri Schwery

1932 - 2021

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Henri Schwery (14 June 1932 – 7 January 2021) was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Sion from 1977 to 1995. He was raised to the rank of cardinal in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Schwery is the 1,820th most popular religious figure (up from 2,108th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 357th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Henri Schwery ranks 1,820 out of 3,187. Before him are Marco Cé, Aristarchus of Thessalonica, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Albert Vanhoye, Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, and Louis Billot. After him are Wiborada, Adolf Bertram, Maximianus of Ravenna, Ivan Dias, Herman I of Baden, and Luigi Poggi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Henri Schwery ranks 178. Before him are Boris Shakhlin, Predrag Matvejević, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Chea Sim, Bronisław Geremek, and Walter Cunningham. After him are Nichelle Nichols, Miloslav Vlk, Richard Lester, Hassan Al-Turabi, John Hillerman, and Jean-Pierre Marielle. Among people deceased in 2021, Henri Schwery ranks 188. Before him are Matthew Festing, Wilfried Van Moer, Ian St John, Wahiduddin Khan, Albert Vanhoye, and Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho. After him are Sabah Fakhri, George Segal, Lou Ottens, Yuan Longping, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Carlos do Carmo.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Henri Schwery ranks 263 out of 1,015. Before him are Hans-Rudolf Merz (1942), Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891), Heinz Holliger (1939), Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956), Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886), and Bertha Wegmann (1847). After him are Wiborada (900), Moritz Leuenberger (1946), Andy Hug (1964), Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767), Matilda of Habsburg (1253), and Daniel Peter (1836).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Henri Schwery ranks 14. Before him are Kurt Koch (1950), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), Jacob Sprenger (1435), and Emil Brunner (1889). After him are Wiborada (900), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), Georges Cottier (1922), Maurice Bavaud (1916), Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848), and Charles Journet (1891).

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