RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mother Angelica

1923 - 2016

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Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation (born Rita Antoinette Rizzo; April 20, 1923 – March 27, 2016), commonly referred to as Mother Angelica, was an American Catholic nun of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. She was known for founding the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), an international Catholic cable television network, and for hosting the program Mother Angelica Live. She also established WEWN, a radio network used by members of the Catholic Church to disseminate their religious teachings. In 1981, Angelica began broadcasting religious programming from a converted garage in Birmingham, Alabama. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mother Angelica is the 2,829th most popular religious figure (down from 2,576th in 2019), the 7,797th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,373rd in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mother Angelica ranks 2,829 out of 3,187. Before her are John Baptist Wu, Karolina Kózka, Seaxburh of Ely, Savio Hon, Claude Dagens, and Walter Breuning. After her are Pope Celadion of Alexandria, Giovanni Cheli, Nilus of Sora, Silvano Piovanelli, Daniel DiNardo, and Jakub Szynkiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Mother Angelica ranks 338. Before her are Somnath Sharma, Gösta Löfgren, Oskar Fischer, Latifa al-Zayyat, Hedy Schlunegger, and Otar Korkia. After her are Hassan Ali Mansur, Eduardo Lourenço, Cesare Rubini, Donald Nicol, Sulamith Goldhaber, and Elizabeth Jane Howard. Among people deceased in 2016, Mother Angelica ranks 376. Before her are Henning Enoksen, Fritz Weaver, Marisol Escobar, Hermann Kant, Alice Drummond, and Anthony D. Smith. After her are Tina Anselmi, Silvano Piovanelli, Alfred G. Knudson, Larry Drake, Gotlib, and Janet Reno.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mother Angelica ranks 7,799 out of 20,380. Before her are Ron Clements (1953), Bernadette Peters (1948), Edward Platt (1916), Brad Fiedel (1951), Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (1953), and Walter Breuning (1896). After her are Allen Collins (1952), Howard Davis Jr. (1956), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Anderson .Paak (1986), Tina Knowles (1954), and Denis Leary (1957).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Mother Angelica ranks 74. Before her are Donald Wuerl (1940), Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), Emma Smith (1804), Francis Spellman (1889), Adoniram Judson (1788), and Walter Breuning (1896). After her are Daniel DiNardo (1949), Adam Maida (1930), William Ellery Channing (1780), Roger Mahony (1936), Raymond E. Brown (1928), and Bruce M. Metzger (1914).

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