RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jean-Marie Villot

1905 - 1979

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Jean-Marie Villot (11 October 1905 – 9 March 1979) was a French prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1965 to 1967, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1967 to 1969, Vatican Secretary of State from 1969 to 1979, and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1970 to 1979. He was made a cardinal in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Marie Villot is the 980th most popular religious figure (up from 1,288th in 2019), the 1,316th most popular biography from France (up from 2,069th in 2019) and the 64th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jean-Marie Villot ranks 980 out of 3,187. Before him are Antipope Victor IV, Patrick Allen, Athanasius the Athonite, Fernando Filoni, Saint Emeric of Hungary, and Simeon of Jerusalem. After him are John IV of Constantinople, Alfredo Ottaviani, Itzhak Stern, Antonio Quarracino, Humbert of Silva Candida, and Saint Margaret of Scotland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Jean-Marie Villot ranks 49. Before him are Severo Ochoa, Franz Ziereis, Enrique Ballestrero, Angelo Schiavio, Takashi Shimura, and Lale Andersen. After him are Piet Hein, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Joseph Cotten, Ivan Serov, Pedro Petrone, and Kurt Gerstein. Among people deceased in 1979, Jean-Marie Villot ranks 46. Before him are Giulio Natta, Edvard Kardelj, Wilfred Bion, Mamie Eisenhower, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Otto Robert Frisch. After him are Alfredo Ottaviani, Peggy Guggenheim, Louis Chiron, Nicholas Ray, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, and Louis Durey.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Marie Villot ranks 1,316 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Jean-François Marmontel (1723), Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), Eva Gonzalès (1849), Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco (1758), and Alain de Lille (1117). After him are Ariovistus (-101), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847), Alice Prin (1901), Capucine (1928), Marcel Pagnol (1895), and André Masson (1896).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jean-Marie Villot ranks 64. Before him are Robert de Sorbon (1201), Antipope Gregory VIII (1100), Pierre Cauchon (1371), Odile of Alsace (662), Jane Frances de Chantal (1572), and Jean Mabillon (1632). After him are Humbert of Silva Candida (1000), John of Matha (1150), Sebastian Castellio (1515), Benedict of Aniane (750), Amandus (600), and Arnulf of Metz (582).

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