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William Wakefield Baum

1926 - 2015

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William Wakefield Baum (November 21, 1926 – July 23, 2015) was an American Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau in Missouri (1970 to 1973) and archbishop of Washington in the District of Columbia (1973 to 1980). He then served in the Roman Curia as prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (1980 to 1990) and the major penitentiary (1990 to 2001). Baum was elevated to the College of Cardinals in 1976. At the time of his 1980 appointment as prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, he was the highest-ranking American ever in the church. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Wakefield Baum is the 1,765th most popular religious figure (up from 2,527th in 2019), the 3,505th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,098th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, William Wakefield Baum ranks 1,765 out of 3,187. Before him are Leo Joseph Suenens, Felix of Nola, Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Saint Homobonus, Judoc, and Andrey Sheptytsky. After him are Arturo Sosa, Julian of Norwich, Joachim III of Constantinople, Malo, Charles de Bourbon, and Theodore II of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, William Wakefield Baum ranks 171. Before him are Alfred Pfaff, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, William Porter, John Derek, Peter G. Peterson, and Jean Peters. After him are Rehavam Ze'evi, Raif Dizdarević, Karel Kosík, Irene Camber, Kees Rijvers, and Lou Ottens. Among people deceased in 2015, William Wakefield Baum ranks 124. Before him are Magali Noël, Franco Interlenghi, Natalie Cole, Jørgen Ingmann, Esther Brand, and Roger Hanin. After him are Hyon Yong-chol, Carl Djerassi, Guy Ligier, Edgar Froese, Chea Sim, and Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Wakefield Baum ranks 3,505 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Conrad (1935), Sixto Durán Ballén (1921), Harold E. Varmus (1939), David Doyle (1929), Madeleine Astor (1893), and Chuck Schumer (1950). After him are Theodore Sturgeon (1918), Jared Kushner (1981), Fritz Leiber (1910), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Johnny Carson (1925), and Cy Young (1928).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, William Wakefield Baum ranks 36. Before him are Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), William H. Keeler (1931), Elizabeth Bolden (1890), Joseph W. Tobin (1952), Robert W. McElroy (1954), and James Gibbons (1834). After him are Marie Laveau (1801), Raymond Franz (1922), James Michael Harvey (1949), Fulton J. Sheen (1895), Jeralean Talley (1899), and Angelo Dundee (1921).

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