RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Raúl Silva Henríquez

1907 - 1999

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Raúl Silva Henríquez SDB (27 September 1907 – 9 April 1999) was a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal from 1962. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from 1961 to 1983 and as Bishop of Valparaíso from 1959 to 1961. Both as Archbishop and in retirement, he was an advocate for social justice and democracy and a forthright vocal critic of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet—"a constant thorn in the Government's side". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raúl Silva Henríquez is the 2,787th most popular religious figure (down from 2,768th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Chile (up from 125th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chilean Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Raúl Silva Henríquez ranks 2,787 out of 3,187. Before him are Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham, Stanisław Wielgus, Gregorio María Aguirre y García, Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, Anthony Peter Khoraish, and Paul Peter Meouchi. After him are Chad of Mercia, Uta Ranke-Heinemann, Oliver of Paderborn, Hilda of Whitby, Mullah Krekar, and Georg Sterzinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Raúl Silva Henríquez ranks 289. Before him are Seth Neddermeyer, Eugène Guillevic, Hassler Whitney, Dan Duryea, Anthony Peter Khoraish, and Roderich Menzel. After him are Alain Daniélou, George Raynor, Hagigat Rzayeva, Adalbert Steiner, László Szollás, and Kinue Hitomi. Among people deceased in 1999, Raúl Silva Henríquez ranks 207. Before him are Owen Hart, Maria Sander, Yury Malyshev, Heinrich Schmid, Christopher Cockerell, and Bing Xin. After him are Lloyd La Beach, Rick Danko, Hideo Itokawa, Birgit Cullberg, Celso Torrelio, and Sarah Kane.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Raúl Silva Henríquez ranks 112 out of 321. Before him are César Espinoza (1900), Arturo Torres Carrasco (1906), Hugo Villanueva (1939), Roberto Rojas (1957), Guillermo Saavedra (1903), and Fernando Roldán (1921). After him are Carlos Lucas (1930), Adriana Hoffmann (1940), Gonzalo Rojas (1917), Atilio Cremaschi (1923), Roberto Cortés (1905), and George Robledo (1926).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Chile

Among religious figures born in Chile, Raúl Silva Henríquez ranks 5. Before him are Jorge Medina (1926), Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa (1933), Laura Vicuña (1891), and Teresa of the Andes (1900). After him are José María Caro Rodríguez (1866).

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