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Joseph Vaz

1651 - 1711

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Joseph Vaz CO (21 April 1651 – 16 January 1711) was a Portuguese Oratorian priest and missionary in Dutch Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Originally from Sancoale in Portuguese Goa, Vaz arrived in Ceylon during the Dutch occupation, a time when the Dutch had banned Catholicism in Ceylon and imposed Calvinism as the official religion after taking control from the Portuguese Empire. He travelled throughout the island bringing the Eucharist and the Sacraments to clandestine groups of crypto-Catholics. Later in his mission, he found shelter in the Kingdom of Kandy where he was able to work freely. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Vaz is the 1,918th most popular religious figure (up from 1,985th in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from India (up from 402nd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Joseph Vaz ranks 1,918 out of 3,187. Before him are Thomas Byles, Raymond Franz, Crescenzio Sepe, Diego Laynez, Sobekemsaf II, and António Marto. After him are Hans Tausen, George Pell, Hyacinth, Sergio Sebastiani, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, and Brynjólfur Sveinsson.

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Among people born in 1651, Joseph Vaz ranks 13. Before him are Engelbert Kaempfer, Madame d'Aulnoy, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Charles Eugène de Croÿ, and Louis Antoine de Noailles. After him are William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, George XI of Kartli, Johann Krieger, Dimitry of Rostov, and Balthasar Permoser. Among people deceased in 1711, Joseph Vaz ranks 10. Before him are John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Louis-François de Boufflers, Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Maria Amalia of Courland, Vladimir Atlasov, and Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro. After him are Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Eusebio Kino, Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Gerard de Lairesse, and Peter Schenk the Elder.

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In India

Among people born in India, Joseph Vaz ranks 367 out of 1,861. Before him are Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Pinarayi Vijayan (1945), Rishabhanatha (null), Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907), Kenneth Anderson (1891), and Harilal Gandhi (1888). After him are Prakash Raj (1965), Rajnath Singh (1951), Nagarjuna (1959), Merle Oberon (1911), Anna Hazare (1937), and Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Joseph Vaz ranks 42. Before him are Saint Alphonsa (1910), Inayat Khan (1882), Wahiduddin Khan (1925), Ivan Dias (1936), Varkey Vithayathil (1927), and Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865). After him are Swaminarayan (1781), Filipe Neri Ferrão (1953), Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924), Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Rukhmabai (1864), and Oswald Gracias (1944).

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