RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pedro Casaldáliga

1928 - 2020

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Pere Casaldàliga i Pla , known in Portuguese as Pedro Casaldáliga (16 February 1928 – 8 August 2020), was a Spanish-born Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who led the Territorial Prelature of São Félix, Brazil, from 1970 to 2005. A bishop since 1971, Casaldàliga was one of the best-known exponents of liberation theology. He received numerous awards, including the Catalonia International Prize in 2006. He was a forceful advocate in support of indigenous peoples and published several volumes of poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Casaldáliga is the 2,636th most popular religious figure (down from 2,161st in 2019), the 1,373rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,163rd in 2019) and the 100th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pedro Casaldáliga ranks 2,636 out of 3,187. Before him are Hsing Yun, Adalbero of Reims, Philothei of Athens, Sekhemre Shedwast, Gaëtan Dugas, and Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer. After him are Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Herman of Alaska, Mauro Gambetti, Shlomo ibn Aderet, Eleutherius of Byzantium, and Virgílio do Carmo da Silva.

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Among people born in 1928, Pedro Casaldáliga ranks 370. Before him are Manuel Álvarez, Vladimir Toporov, Jan Pieter Schotte, Julien Guiomar, Chung Won-shik, and Théodore Sindikubwabo. After him are Giuseppe Pinelli, Yelizaveta Dementyeva, Anita Brookner, Jo Myong-rok, Minas Avetisyan, and Dominique Colonna. Among people deceased in 2020, Pedro Casaldáliga ranks 392. Before him are Yuri Bondarev, James Wolfensohn, Kazım Ayvaz, Jerry Sloan, Jan Myrdal, and Mário de Araújo Cabral. After him are Jimmy Cobb, Ewa Demarczyk, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Gary Peacock, Mário da Graça Machungo, and Yawovi Agboyibo.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Casaldáliga ranks 1,373 out of 3,355. Before him are Arturo Soria y Mata (1844), José Planas (1901), Valentín González (1904), Chiquito de la Calzada (1932), Francisco Umbral (1932), and Sancho Gracia (1936). After him are Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (1916), José Posada Herrera (1814), Shlomo ibn Aderet (1235), Gabriel Alonso (1923), Javi Martínez (1988), and Rubén Baraja (1975).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Pedro Casaldáliga ranks 100. Before him are Ricardo Blázquez (1942), José Manuel Estepa Llaurens (1926), Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi (null), Arcadio Larraona Saralegui (1887), Jon Sobrino (1938), and Agustín García-Gasco Vicente (1931). After him are Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (1916), Shlomo ibn Aderet (1235), Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (1600), Pedro Pardo de Cela (1420), Anselmo Lorenzo (1841), and Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (1907).

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