RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Theodore Edgar McCarrick

1930 - 2025

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Theodore Edgar McCarrick (July 7, 1930 – April 3, 2025) was an American Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal who was Archbishop of Newark from 1986 to 2000 and Archbishop of Washington from 2001 to 2006. In 2019, McCarrick was defrocked by Pope Francis after being convicted of sexual misconduct in a canonical trial. Ordained a priest in 1958, McCarrick became an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1977. He then became Bishop of Metuchen in 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodore Edgar McCarrick is the 721st most popular religious figure (up from 2,255th in 2019), the 944th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,882nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Theodore Edgar McCarrick ranks 721 out of 3,187. Before him are Ignatios of Constantinople, Tarasios of Constantinople, Alessandro Farnese, Anatolius of Constantinople, Ivo of Kermartin, and Ludmila of Bohemia. After him are Zayd ibn Ali, Pelagia, Nathan Söderblom, Silas, Dayananda Saraswati, and Muhammad Ahmad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Theodore Edgar McCarrick ranks 59. Before him are Akira Suzuki, Biljana Plavšić, Tippi Hedren, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lorin Maazel, and Félix Guattari. After him are Robert Evans, Ali al-Sistani, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Carlos Kleiber, Reinhard Selten, and Gena Rowlands. Among people deceased in 2025, Theodore Edgar McCarrick ranks 33. Before him are Sofia Gubaidulina, Fouad Mebazaa, George Smoot, Frederick Forsyth, Richard Williamson, and Dražen Dalipagić. After him are Hulk Hogan, Ivar Giaever, John Searle, Myint Swe, Geneviève Page, and Frank Caprio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theodore Edgar McCarrick ranks 944 out of 20,380. Before him are William Hurt (1950), Walter Hill (1942), Vera Rubin (1928), Michael Bloomberg (1942), Melanie (1947), and Jamie Lee Curtis (1958). After him are Nancy Pelosi (1940), Alvin York (1887), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), Matt Damon (1970), John Gavin (1931), and Les Paul (1915).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Theodore Edgar McCarrick ranks 9. Before him are Brigham Young (1801), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Maria Branyas (1907), Billy Graham (1918), Henry Molaison (1926), and Kateri Tekakwitha (1656). After him are John Mott (1865), Timothy M. Dolan (1950), Raymond Leo Burke (1948), William Miller (1782), Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), and William M. Branham (1909).

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