RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jozef Tomko

1924 - 2022

Photo of Jozef Tomko

Icon of person Jozef Tomko

Jozef Tomko (11 March 1924 – 8 August 2022) was a Slovak prelate of the Catholic Church who held positions in the Roman Curia from 1962 until he retired in 2007. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1985 to 2001 and president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses from 2001 to 2007. He was made a cardinal in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jozef Tomko is the 1,397th most popular religious figure (down from 1,228th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 54th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Slovak Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Jozef Tomko by language

Loading...

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jozef Tomko ranks 1,397 out of 3,187. Before him are Ludger, Maruthas of Martyropolis, George Sphrantzes, Philotheus I of Constantinople, Umayya ibn Khalaf, and Joachim Meisner. After him are Dom Justo Takayama, Reinhard Marx, Ad-Darazi, Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, and Peter Nolasco.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jozef Tomko ranks 115. Before him are Arthur Danto, Charles Bachman, Danielle Mitterrand, Geraldine Page, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, and Jean Girault. After him are Shirley Chisholm, Marina Berti, Neville Marriner, Paul Desmond, Raymond Barre, and Rik Van Steenbergen. Among people deceased in 2022, Jozef Tomko ranks 120. Before him are Pierre Soulages, Yoshio Kikugawa, Andy Fletcher, Margaret Keane, David Trimble, and Cüneyt Arkın. After him are Joachim Streich, Yuri Averbakh, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Paul Sorvino, and Mwai Kibaki.

Others Born in 1924

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2022

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Jozef Tomko ranks 58 out of 418. Before him are Ján Popluhár (1935), Peter Pellegrini (1975), Jan Kupecký (1667), Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1833), Alajos Szokolyi (1871), and Matthew III Csák (1260). After him are Barbara Zápolya (1495), Jozef Adamec (1942), Mikuláš Dzurinda (1956), Bálint Balassi (1554), Karol Dobiaš (1947), and Stefan Vojislav (990).

Others born in Slovakia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Slovakia

Among religious figures born in Slovakia, Jozef Tomko ranks 3. Before him are Elizabeth of Hungary (1207), and Matthew III Csák (1260). After him are Ján Chryzostom Korec (1924), Juraj Haulik (1788), Pavel Peter Gojdič (1888), Anna Kolesárová (1928), János Csernoch (1852), János Scitovszky (1785), Ján Babjak (1953), and Laurus Škurla (1928).

Slovak born Religious Figures

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous