RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Katharine Drexel

1858 - 1955

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Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American Catholic religious sister, and educator. In 1891, she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, a religious congregation serving Black and Indigenous Americans. Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000, Drexel was the second person born in the United States to be declared a saint and the first who was born a U.S. citizen. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Katharine Drexel is the 2,999th most popular religious figure (up from 3,029th in 2024), the 10,670th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,519th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Katharine Drexel ranks 2,999 out of 3,187. Before her are Petar Rajič, Simon Pimenta, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Charles Coughlin, Paolo Magnani, and Conall mac Comgaill. After her are John T. Scopes, Américo Aguiar, John McCloskey, Joseph F. Smith, Sin-Iddinam, and Blanche Barton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Katharine Drexel ranks 142. Before her are Sara Adler, José Luis Tamayo, Anna J. Cooper, Maurice Prendergast, Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, and Rosa Smith Eigenmann. After her are Zdenka Braunerová, Tom Clarke, Charles Eastman, Harry Johnston, George Lyon, and Carter Glass. Among people deceased in 1955, Katharine Drexel ranks 163. Before her are Richard Verderber, Giuseppe Domenichelli, George van Rossem, S. Z. Sakall, Harold Walden, and Herman Steiner. After her are Irving Small, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Bert McCaffrey, Pentti Haanpää, Alice Joyce, and Georges Johin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katharine Drexel ranks 10,672 out of 20,380. Before her are Florence Henderson (1934), Roberta Peters (1930), Sheila Jordan (1928), Aja Naomi King (1985), Eric Holder (1951), and Andy Hertzfeld (1953). After her are M. Scott Peck (1936), Robert Craft (1923), David Del Tredici (1937), Myles Kennedy (1969), Paul Johansson (1964), and Brian Teacher (1954).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Katharine Drexel ranks 95. Before her are C. I. Scofield (1843), John Cody (1907), Franklin Graham (1952), Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), Alvin Sargent (1927), and James J. Martin (1960). After her are John T. Scopes (1900), John McCloskey (1810), Joseph F. Smith (1838), Blanche Barton (1961), Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840), and Dan Osman (1963).

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