RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Irmã Dulce

1914 - 1992

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Dulce de Souza Lopes Pontes, S.M.I.C., widely known as Irmã Dulce (English: "Sister Dulce") and also as Saint Dulce of the Poor (born Maria Rita de Souza Pontes; 26 May 1914 – 13 March 1992), was a Brazilian Catholic member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God, who belong to the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. She is known worldwide as an advocate for the poor of her country and was the founder of the Obras Sociais Irmã Dulce ("Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce"). In 1949, Pontes started caring for the poorest of the poor in her convent's chicken yard in Salvador, Bahia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irmã Dulce is the 2,748th most popular religious figure (down from 2,322nd in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 409th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Brazilian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Irmã Dulce ranks 2,748 out of 3,187. Before her are Ankhnesneferibre, Sophronius of Vratsa, Wilfrid, Lucius of Cyrene, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, and Hotepibre. After her are Demetrios Kydones, George Preca, Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Rowan Williams, Damián Iguacén Borau, and Zacharias of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Irmã Dulce ranks 282. Before her are Zainul Abedin, Oscar Heisserer, Alan Bullock, Julio Caro Baroja, William Grut, and Carlos Menditeguy. After her are Armen Alchian, Aharon Katzir, Sven Jacobsson, Manlio Di Rosa, William Gibson, and Victor Sen Yung. Among people deceased in 1992, Irmã Dulce ranks 194. Before her are Suzanne Lilar, Vladas Mikėnas, Mordecai Ardon, Georges Beuchat, Ion Bogdan, and Allan Bloom. After her are James Van Fleet, Willie Waddell, Vincent Gardenia, Kenneth MacMillan, Sandy Dennis, and Tibor Kemény.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Irmã Dulce ranks 558 out of 2,236. Before her are Luisão (1981), José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819), Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922), Nélida Piñon (1937), Cacau (1981), and Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942). After her are Tetsuo Okamoto (1932), Batista (1955), Evair (1965), Oswaldo Cruz (1872), Henrique Mecking (1952), and Igor Cavalera (1970).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Brazil

Among religious figures born in Brazil, Irmã Dulce ranks 16. Before her are José Freire Falcão (1925), Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937), Frei Galvão (1739), Sérgio da Rocha (1959), Eugênio Sales (1920), and Eusébio Scheid (1932). After her are Paulo Cezar Costa (1967), and Serafim Fernandes de Araújo (1924).

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