RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sawa

1938 - Today

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Metropolitan Sawa, (sometimes Sabbas, secular birth name Michał Hrycuniak; born 14 April 1938 in Śniatycze) has been the Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland, and hence the Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church since 1998, the second largest organized religion in Poland. Previously, he was the bishop of Białystok and Gdańsk (1981–1998) and Łódź and Poznań (1979–1981). He is also a professor of theology. Based on documents, Sawa was accused by some Polish historians of being a longtime associate of the communist Służba Bezpieczeństwa as early as mid 1960s in connection with operation "Byzantium" (Bizancjum), actively working under name of TW Jurek, during which he cooperated with communist authorities, leading a coordinated campaign against individual church members and the Orthodox church itself. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sawa is the 2,741st most popular religious figure (down from 2,224th in 2019), the 971st most popular biography from Poland (down from 789th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sawa ranks 2,741 out of 3,187. Before him are Vincent Nichols, Donald Wuerl, Jakub Wujek, Johannes de Jong, Andreo Cseh, and Remigius of Rouen. After him are Luigi De Magistris, Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi, Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna, Djedkhonsuefankh, and Pope Justus of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Sawa ranks 394. Before him are Bhalchandra Nemade, Luciano Federici, Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, Gordon Lightfoot, Mirko Novosel, and John Corigliano. After him are Simone de Oliveira, Maurizio Costanzo, Carlos Lapetra, Justin Lekhanya, Edda Moser, and Edem Kodjo.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Sawa ranks 971 out of 1,694. Before him are Zygmunt Noskowski (1846), Daniel Harrwitz (1823), Jakub Wujek (1541), Eugene Lazowski (1913), Johannes Thiele (1865), and Bogusław Linda (1952). After him are Boris Chertok (1912), Sam Warner (1887), Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621), Mordecai Ardon (1896), Kazimierz Barburski (1942), and Marek Hłasko (1934).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Sawa ranks 50. Before him are Anna Wierzbicka (1938), Zacharias Ursinus (1534), Marek Jędraszewski (1949), Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845), Frederick Jagiellon (1468), and Jakub Wujek (1541). After him are Adam Kozłowiecki (1911), Stanisław Wielgus (1939), Georg Sterzinsky (1936), Stanisław Nagy (1921), Karolina Kózka (1898), and Władysław Rubin (1917).

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