RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Terence Cooke

1921 - 1983

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Terence James Cooke (March 1, 1921 – October 6, 1983) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1968 until his death, quietly battling leukemia throughout his tenure. He was named a cardinal in 1969. Cooke previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1965 to 1967. Nine years after his death, Cooke was designated a Servant of God, the first step in the process that may lead to beatification and then canonization as a saint. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Terence Cooke is the 3,042nd most popular religious figure (up from 3,063rd in 2019), the 12,043rd most popular biography from United States (up from 13,692nd in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Terence Cooke ranks 3,042 out of 3,187. Before him are Katharine Jefferts Schori, Antonio Napolioni, Hilarion Kapral, Wulfstan, J. I. Packer, and José Horacio Gómez. After him are Theodoros Kontidis, Nathalie Becquart, F. F. Bruce, Hugh of Lincoln, Stigand, and Æthelberht II of East Anglia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Terence Cooke ranks 443. Before him are Richard Wilbur, Ion Negoițescu, Wilbur Thompson, Horace Gould, Chen Muhua, and Yevgeni Babich. After him are R. K. Laxman, Sahir Ludhianvi, Joan Greenwood, Marie Maynard Daly, Vivian Blaine, and Juanita M. Kreps. Among people deceased in 1983, Terence Cooke ranks 264. Before him are Constantino Urbieta Sosa, Eubie Blake, Marie Mosquini, Henry M. Jackson, Derek J. de Solla Price, and Merle Travis. After him are John Le Mesurier, Rezső Somlai, Vic Lindquist, Harold Stephen Black, Alexei Guryshev, and Keith Holyoake.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terence Cooke ranks 12,045 out of 20,380. Before him are Hobart Bosworth (1867), John Kerr (1931), Samuel Gridley Howe (1801), Atom Willard (1973), Tenley Albright (1935), and Maitland Ward (1977). After him are Natasha Lyonne (1979), Xavier Becerra (1958), Mildred Bailey (1907), Jaycee Chan (1982), Nick Searcy (1959), and Timothy Geithner (1961).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Terence Cooke ranks 112. Before him are Ezra Taft Benson (1899), Peter the Aleut (1800), John Shelby Spong (1931), Gintaras Grušas (1961), Richard Cushing (1895), and Katharine Jefferts Schori (1954). After him are John Hagee (1940), Scott Hahn (1957), Joseph Bernardin (1928), Alphonse Lacroix (1897), Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867), and Joseph Strickland (1958).

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