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Patrick Allen

1951 - Today

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Sir Patrick Linton Allen (born 7 February 1951) is a Jamaican statesman and former Seventh-day Adventist pastor, who has served as the sixth and current governor-general of Jamaica since 26 February 2009. The fourth of five children in a family of subsistence farmers, Allen spent over a decade as a teacher and principal, before leaving education to be trained as an Adventist minister at Andrews University in the United States. After becoming a pastor, Allen went on to serve in a number of leadership roles within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, eventually becoming the leader of the West Indies Union of Seventh-day Adventists, which had jurisdiction over Jamaica, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Allen became Jamaica's sixth appointed governor-general (eighth overall, including two acting governors-general). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Allen is the 975th most popular religious figure (up from 2,333rd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Jamaican Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Patrick Allen ranks 975 out of 3,187. Before him are Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Francis Arinze, Antipope John VIII, Safi-ad-din Ardabili, Ninian, and Antipope Victor IV. After him are Athanasius the Athonite, Fernando Filoni, Saint Emeric of Hungary, Simeon of Jerusalem, Jean-Marie Villot, and John IV of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Patrick Allen ranks 67. Before him are Anjelica Huston, Willy van de Kerkhof, Nicu Ceaușescu, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Blaise Compaoré, and Sergei Skripal. After him are Queen Noor of Jordan, Marvin Heemeyer, Mark Harmon, Fernando Lugo, Álvaro Colom, and Jarmila Kratochvílová.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Patrick Allen ranks 7 out of 189. Before him are Bob Marley (1945), Stamford Raffles (1781), Grace Jones (1948), John Barnes (1963), Ben Johnson (1961), and Usain Bolt (1986). After him are Max Romeo (1944), Peter Tosh (1944), Jimmy Cliff (1948), Marcus Garvey (1887), Violet Brown (1900), and Stuart Hall (1932).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Jamaica

Among religious figures born in Jamaica, Patrick Allen ranks 1. After him are Violet Brown (1900), and Bilal Philips (1947).

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