RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Vicente Enrique y Tarancón

1907 - 1994

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Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (14 May 1907 – 28 November 1994), known in his country as Cardenal Tarancón or Tarancón, was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Madrid from 1971 to 1983, and as president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference from 1971 to 1981, during the difficult years of the Spanish transition to democracy. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vicente Enrique y Tarancón is the 2,722nd most popular religious figure (up from 2,733rd in 2019), the 1,458th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,631st in 2019) and the 106th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón ranks 2,722 out of 3,187Before him are Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Joseph Othmar Rauscher, Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche, Jacques Gaillot, Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Sebastian Francis. After him are Ignatius Brianchaninov, Euzois of Byzantium, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Zoltan Sarosy, Ísleifur Gissurarson, and John Neumann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón ranks 271Before him are Tommy Hampson, Jacques Roumain, Ramón Guzmán, Eugène Chaboud, Oscarino Costa Silva, and Ahmet Adnan Saygun. After him are Mirdza Ķempe, Fritz Wotruba, Ángel Arocha, Clifford Curzon, Adelaide Lambert, and Vitaliano Brancati. Among people deceased in 1994, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón ranks 232Before him are Ladislav Mňačko, Gozo Shioda, Devika Rani, Bruno Pezzey, Luis Vargas Peña, and Abdullah al-Sallal. After him are Charlotte Auerbach, David Dunlap, Enrico Maria Salerno, William Wilson Morgan, Ladislav Fuks, and Koto Matsudaira.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón ranks 1,458 out of 3,355Before him are Juan Gómez de Mora (1586), Miguel Ríos (1944), Joaquín Vázquez (1897), Ramón J. Sender (1901), Gavi (2004), and José de Amézola y Aspizúa (1874). After him are Gregorio Manzano (1956), Seve Ballesteros (1957), Jean Cassou (1897), Germà Colón (1928), Julio Caro Baroja (1914), and Goyo Benito (1946).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón ranks 106Before him are Pedro Casaldáliga (1928), Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (1916), Shlomo ibn Aderet (1235), Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (1600), Pedro Pardo de Cela (1420), and Anselmo Lorenzo (1841). After him are Damián Iguacén Borau (1916), Nicholas Wiseman (1802), Gregorio María Aguirre y García (1835), Urbano Navarrete Cortés (1920), Marcelo González Martín (1918), and Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez (1852).