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Ján Chryzostom Korec

1924 - 2015

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Ján Chryzostom Korec, SJ (22 January 1924 – 24 October 2015) was a Slovak Jesuit priest and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was ordained as a priest in 1950 and consecrated as a bishop in 1951. Because of the government's suppression of the Catholic Church, he spent 39 years working as a priest without government authorisation, either in prison or by supporting himself as a labourer. In 1990, Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of Nitra and in 1991 named him a cardinal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ján Chryzostom Korec is the 1,970th most popular religious figure (up from 2,201st in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 123rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Slovak Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ján Chryzostom Korec ranks 1,970 out of 3,187. Before him are François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Francisco Robles Ortega, Joktan, Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia, Virgilio Noè, and Sigebert of Gembloux. After him are Alfons Maria Stickler, John Leonardi, Karl Lehmann, Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Abercius of Hieropolis, and Karekin I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Ján Chryzostom Korec ranks 181. Before him are Jean Bartik, Élias Sarkis, Robert Frank, Ruth Teitelbaum, Renia Spiegel, and Claude Lefort. After him are José Donoso, S. N. Goenka, Alice Babs, Gene Deitch, Alexander Matrosov, and Guillermo Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 2015, Ján Chryzostom Korec ranks 154. Before him are Frances Oldham Kelsey, Egon Bahr, Dean Jones, Ernst Fuchs, Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Mile Mrkšić. After him are Eileen Essell, Judith Malina, Elena Obraztsova, Jeralean Talley, Nicholas Liverpool, and Giovanni Canestri.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ján Chryzostom Korec ranks 90 out of 418. Before him are Marek Hamšík (1987), Jozef Lenárt (1923), Paul Kray (1735), Juraj Jakubisko (1938), Joseph Franz von Jacquin (1766), and Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806). After him are László Hudec (1893), Imre Madách (1823), Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849), Archduchess Isabella of Austria (1888), Imre Németh (1917), and Peter Machajdík (1961).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Slovakia

Among religious figures born in Slovakia, Ján Chryzostom Korec ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth of Hungary (1207), Matthew III Csák (1260), and Jozef Tomko (1924). After him are Juraj Haulik (1788), Pavel Peter Gojdič (1888), Anna Kolesárová (1928), János Csernoch (1852), János Scitovszky (1785), Ján Babjak (1953), and Laurus Škurla (1928).

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