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Leo Joseph Suenens

1904 - 1996

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Leo Jozef Suenens ( SOO-nens) (16 July 1904 – 6 May 1996) was a Belgian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels from 1961 to 1979. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1962. Suenens was a leading voice at the Second Vatican Council advocating for reform in the Church. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leo Joseph Suenens is the 1,759th most popular religious figure (down from 1,558th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 324th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Leo Joseph Suenens ranks 1,759 out of 3,187. Before him are Emil Krebs, Alexander of Bergamo, Willibald, Soga no Umako, Antonio Caggiano, and Josef Frings. After him are Felix of Nola, Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Saint Homobonus, Judoc, Andrey Sheptytsky, and William Wakefield Baum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Leo Joseph Suenens ranks 119. Before him are Coleman Hawkins, Luigi Bertolini, Ivar Ballangrud, Wang Ming, Karl Ernst, and Giuseppe Terragni. After him are André Leducq, Joseph Valachi, Ralph Bunche, Tevfik Esenç, Joseph M. Juran, and Franz Kutschera. Among people deceased in 1996, Leo Joseph Suenens ranks 106. Before him are David Packard, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Hervé Bazin, Haing S. Ngor, Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, and Zeki Müren. After him are Shams Pahlavi, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Dondinho, Gerry Mulligan, Margaux Hemingway, and Petro Shelest.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Leo Joseph Suenens ranks 338 out of 1,190. Before him are Hélène Dutrieu (1877), John III, Duke of Brabant (1300), Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), Frans Hogenberg (1535), Arnulf, Count of Holland (951), and Richilde, Countess of Hainaut (1100). After him are Henry of Ghent (1217), Dirk II, Count of Holland (901), Achille Van Acker (1898), Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), René Jacobs (1946), and Joseph Cardijn (1882).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, Leo Joseph Suenens ranks 18. Before him are William of St-Thierry (1085), Adalard of Corbie (751), John Berchmans (1599), Rimbert (830), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), and Edward Schillebeeckx (1914). After him are Joseph Cardijn (1882), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), Peter Jan Beckx (1795), Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889), Jan Pieter Schotte (1928), and Abdelhamid Abaaoud (1987).

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