RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Luis Aponte Martínez

1922 - 2012

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Luis Aponte Martínez (August 4, 1922 – April 10, 2012) was a Puerto Rican Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of San Juan from 1965 to 1999. He is the only Puerto Rican to have been named a cardinal of the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Aponte Martínez is the 2,807th most popular religious figure (down from 2,757th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Puerto Rico (up from 31st in 2019) and the most popular Puerto Rican Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Luis Aponte Martínez ranks 2,807 out of 3,187. Before him are Chandramukhi Basu, Urbano Navarrete Cortés, Maximos V Hakim, Laurence of Byzantium, Dolly Pentreath, and Hugh O'Flaherty. After him are Ariulf of Spoleto, Matthew Parker, Marcelo González Martín, Hermann Volk, Jean Hardouin, and Léon-Étienne Duval.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Luis Aponte Martínez ranks 315. Before him are Stellan Nilsson, Ann-Britt Leyman, Lloyd La Beach, Rui Campos, Janis Paige, and Jacques Lataste. After him are Sid Caesar, Mariya Polivanova, Marin Preda, Mochtar Lubis, José Luis Panizo, and Alfred G. Knudson. Among people deceased in 2012, Luis Aponte Martínez ranks 315. Before him are Klaus Köste, Ian Abercrombie, Phillip V. Tobias, Claude Cheysson, Jim Marshall, and Kurt Maetzig. After him are Aleksandr Belyavsky, Art Larsen, Ervin Zádor, István Rózsavölgyi, Alketas Panagoulias, and Dara Singh.

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In Puerto Rico

Among people born in Puerto Rico, Luis Aponte Martínez ranks 27 out of 77. Before him are Chayanne (1968), Manuel Goded Llopis (1882), Míriam Colón (1936), Adria Arjona (1992), Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (1968), and Don Omar (1978). After him are Pedro Morales (1942), Cheo Feliciano (1935), Bad Bunny (1994), Osvaldo Ríos (1960), Luis Muñoz Marín (1898), and Sila María Calderón (1942).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Puerto Rico

Among religious figures born in Puerto Rico, Luis Aponte Martínez ranks 1. 

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