RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Keith O'Brien

1938 - 2018

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Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien (17 March 1938 – 19 March 2018) was a senior-ranking Catholic prelate in Scotland. He was the Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh from 1985 to 2013. O'Brien was the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland and had been the head of its conference of bishops until he stepped down as archbishop in February 2013. O'Brien's resignation followed publication of allegations that he had engaged in inappropriate and predatory sexual conduct with priests and seminarians under his jurisdiction and abused his power. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Keith O'Brien is the 966th most popular religious figure (up from 1,196th in 2019), the 1,042nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,257th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Keith O'Brien ranks 966 out of 3,187. Before him are Sidi Boushaki, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, Leonardo Boff, Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha, Mesud II, and Hashim ibn Abd Manaf. After him are William Miller, Karmapa, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Francis Arinze, Antipope John VIII, and Safi-ad-din Ardabili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Keith O'Brien ranks 82. Before him are Ayaz Mutallibov, Ryōji Noyori, Marcello Gandini, Murtala Mohammed, Tatsuya Shiji, and Leonardo Boff. After him are Charles Simic, Seishiro Shimatani, Dean Reed, Luigi Tenco, Mamadou Tandja, and Ricardo Lagos. Among people deceased in 2018, Keith O'Brien ranks 68. Before him are Wim Kok, Claude Lanzmann, Tsukasa Hosaka, Milena Dravić, Joël Robuchon, and Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. After him are Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Gérard Genette, Ruud Lubbers, Eddie Clarke, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, and Dolores O'Riordan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Keith O'Brien ranks 1,042 out of 8,785. Before him are Stephen Frears (1941), Leonard Hobhouse (1864), Alan Parsons (1948), David Lodge (1935), Charlotte Cooper (1870), and William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810). After him are N. R. Pogson (1829), Duncan I of Scotland (1001), John Cale (1942), Dennis W. Sciama (1926), William Webb Ellis (1806), and Ninian (360).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Keith O'Brien ranks 21. Before him are Saint Malachy (1094), Thomas Wolsey (1473), John Nelson Darby (1800), John Henry Newman (1801), Charles Spurgeon (1834), and Reginald Lee (1870). After him are Ninian (360), Frederick Fleet (1887), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), William Tyndale (1494), John Fisher (1469), and Henry (1100).

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