RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Leonardo Sandri

1943 - Today

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Leonardo Sandri (born 18 November 1943) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since November 2007 and vice dean of the College of Cardinals since January 2020. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches from 2007 to 2022. He served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1974 to 1991 in several overseas assignments, including as a permanent observer of the Holy See before the Organization of American States from 1989 to 1991, and in Rome as Substitute for General Affairs in the Secretariat of State from 1999 to 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonardo Sandri is the 764th most popular religious figure (up from 1,015th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Argentina (up from 74th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Leonardo Sandri ranks 764 out of 3,187. Before him are Norbert of Xanten, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Victor of Aveyron, Albert of Brandenburg, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, and Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri. After him are Émile Benveniste, Ananias of Damascus, Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Antipope John XVI, Gregory Thaumaturgus, and Expeditus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Leonardo Sandri ranks 62. Before him are Johann Deisenhofer, Hanna Schygulla, Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Pervez Musharraf, Peter Zumthor, and Mario Botta. After him are Esma Redžepova, Andreas Baader, Arthur B. McDonald, Masaru Emoto, Terrence Malick, and Finn E. Kydland.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Leonardo Sandri ranks 32 out of 1,154. Before him are Guillermo Stábile (1905), Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1931), Mercedes Sosa (1935), César Luis Menotti (1938), Raúl Alfonsín (1927), and Daniel Passarella (1953). After him are Richard Walther Darré (1895), Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (1971), Carlos Reutemann (1942), Hernán Crespo (1975), Alberto Fernández (1959), and Marcelo Bielsa (1955).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Argentina

Among religious figures born in Argentina, Leonardo Sandri ranks 2. Before him are Pope Francis (1936). After him are Mario Aurelio Poli (1947), Estanislao Esteban Karlic (1926), Juan Carlos Aramburu (1912), Antonio Caggiano (1889), Víctor Manuel Fernández (1962), Luis Héctor Villalba (1934), Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1920), Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1919), Jorge María Mejía (1923), and Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics (null).

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