RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Kurt Koch

1950 - Today

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Kurt Koch (born 15 March 1950) is a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since November 2010 and president of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity since 1 July 2010. He was the bishop of Basel from 1996 until 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Koch is the 1,144th most popular religious figure (up from 1,841st in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 286th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Kurt Koch ranks 1,144 out of 3,187. Before him are Parshvanatha, Johann Eck, Ram, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, Wilton Daniel Gregory, and Henry Benedict Stuart. After him are Matsyendranatha, Juliana of Liège, Felix of Cantalice, Lubomyr Husar, John Fisher, and Rose Kennedy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Kurt Koch ranks 87. Before him are Ken Robinson, Karen Carpenter, Paul Watson, David Graf, Assef Shawkat, and Yumi Umeoka. After him are Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Marcheline Bertrand, Steve McCurry, Hugh McDonald, Seiki Ichihara, and Tsui Hark.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Kurt Koch ranks 151 out of 1,015. Before him are Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Hans Martin Sutermeister (1907), Alfonsina Storni (1892), Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779), Ernest Ansermet (1883), and Humbert I, Count of Savoy (980). After him are Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Germain Henri Hess (1802), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ami Argand (1750), Max Bill (1908), and Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Kurt Koch ranks 8. Before him are Hans Küng (1928), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), Anna Göldi (1734), Brother Roger (1915), Anders Arborelius (1949), and Heinrich Bullinger (1504). After him are Jakob Ammann (1644), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), Jacob Sprenger (1435), Emil Brunner (1889), and Henri Schwery (1932).

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