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Paulo Evaristo Arns

1921 - 2016

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Paulo Evaristo Arns OFM (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈpawlu evaˈɾistu ˈaʁns]; 14 September 1921 – 14 December 2016) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of São Paulo from 1970 to 1998. He was named a cardinal in 1973 and later became protopriest. He was a member of the Order of Friars Minor. His ministry began with a twenty-year academic career, and as Archbishop of Sao Paulo Archdiocese was a relentless opponent of Brazil's military dictatorship and its use of torture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paulo Evaristo Arns is the 1,592nd most popular religious figure (up from 2,129th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 342nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Brazilian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paulo Evaristo Arns ranks 1,592 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Kilian, Juan de Zumárraga, Acacius of Caesarea, Pope Timothy I of Alexandria, Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, and Francisco de Borja. After him are Antipope Innocent III, Olimpia Maidalchini, Saint Aurelius, Francesco Monterisi, Hōnen, and Shaykh Ahmad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Paulo Evaristo Arns ranks 134. Before him are Arthur Grumiaux, Maurice Yaméogo, Pierre Clostermann, Wolfgang Borchert, Branko Stanković, and Jean Behra. After him are Alan Hale Jr., Vasco Gonçalves, Sena Jurinac, John Money, Dinko Šakić, and Neslişah Sultan. Among people deceased in 2016, Paulo Evaristo Arns ranks 152. Before him are Péter Esterházy, Artur Fischer, Gato Barbieri, Franco Citti, Oleg Popov, and Fredrik Barth. After him are Erich Rudorffer, Maurice White, Isao Tomita, Johnny Rebel, Victor Stănculescu, and Richard Adams.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Paulo Evaristo Arns ranks 182 out of 2,236. Before him are Sebastião Lazaroni (1950), Friaça (1924), Toquinho (1946), Pedro Américo (1843), Giovane Élber (1972), and Maria Bueno (1939). After him are Rogério Ceni (1973), Félix Miélli Venerando (1937), Rubens de Falco (1931), Roberto Burle Marx (1909), Lucélia Santos (1957), and Maria Bethânia (1946).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Brazil

Among religious figures born in Brazil, Paulo Evaristo Arns ranks 6. Before him are Hélder Câmara (1909), Leonardo Boff (1938), Cláudio Hummes (1934), Odilo Scherer (1949), and João Braz de Aviz (1947). After him are Orani João Tempesta (1949), Aloísio Lorscheider (1924), Geraldo Majella Agnelo (1933), José Freire Falcão (1925), Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937), and Frei Galvão (1739).

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