RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Robert Sarah

1945 - Today

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Robert Sarah ([ʁɔbɛʁ saʁa]; born 15 June 1945) is a Guinean Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 23 November 2014 to 20 February 2021. He previously served as secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples under Pope John Paul II and president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum under Pope Benedict XVI. He was made a cardinal in 2010. Following the death of Pope Francis in 2025, Sarah was mentioned as a papabile, a leading candidate for the papacy, by international media outlets such as Le Monde and The Guardian, and by Catholic publications including Crux and the Catholic Herald. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Sarah is the 453rd most popular religious figure (up from 920th in 2019), the most popular biography from Guinea (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Guinean Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Robert Sarah ranks 453 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Nicholas I, Pope Anterus, Pope Stephen VII, Theodore of Amasea, Marcion of Sinope, and Fatima al-Fihri. After him are Maximilian Kolbe, Pope Victor I, Saint Sarah, Pope John III, Salome, and James the Less.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Robert Sarah ranks 26. Before him are Yoshinori Ohsumi, Patrick Modiano, Helen Mirren, Björn Ulvaeus, Hasan Akhund, and Golden State Killer. After him are Ritchie Blackmore, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rod Stewart, George Miller, Richard Henderson, and Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

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In Guinea

Among people born in Guinea, Robert Sarah ranks 1 out of 49. After him are Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922), Alpha Condé (1938), Lansana Conté (1934), Sundiata Keita (1190), Samori Ture (1830), Mory Kanté (1950), Louis Lansana Beavogui (1923), Nanfadima Magassouba (null), Moussa Dadis Camara (1964), Solomana Kante (1922), and Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba (1945).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Guinea

Among religious figures born in Guinea, Robert Sarah ranks 1. 

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