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Wilfrid Napier

1941 - Today

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Wilfrid Fox Napier O.F.M. (born 8 March 1941) is a South African Franciscan friar and prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Durban from 1992 to 2021 and has been a cardinal since 2001. He served as Bishop of Kokstad from 1981 to 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilfrid Napier is the 2,729th most popular religious figure (up from 2,864th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 141st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South African Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Wilfrid Napier ranks 2,729 out of 3,187. Before him are Euzois of Byzantium, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Zoltan Sarosy, Ísleifur Gissurarson, John Neumann, and Angelo Maria Querini. After him are Patrick Abercrombie, Nicola Saggio, Nicetas I of Constantinople, Leonid Stadnyk, Vincent Nichols, and Donald Wuerl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Wilfrid Napier ranks 395. Before him are Erkin Koray, Vittorio Messori, Epeli Nailatikau, Sahar Khalifeh, Zlatko Škorić, and Gérard Corbiau. After him are Markus Lüpertz, Christoph Höhne, Alf Clausen, Peter Bonetti, Ole Ritter, and Francisco Jara.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Wilfrid Napier ranks 113 out of 454. Before him are Oscar Pistorius (1986), Max Gluckman (1911), Alan Paton (1903), John Kani (1943), Helen Suzman (1917), and Tosca Musk (1974). After him are Bevil Rudd (1894), David Bailie (1937), Margaret Gardiner (1959), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Gary Player (1935), and Stanley Mandelstam (1928).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In South Africa

Among religious figures born in South Africa, Wilfrid Napier ranks 3. Before him are Sarah Baartman (1788), and Desmond Tutu (1931).

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