RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Zenon Grocholewski

1939 - 2020

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Zenon Grocholewski (11 October 1939 – 17 July 2020) was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church, who was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2001. He joined the Roman Curia in 1972 and served from 1999 until 2015 as Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education and Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Gregorian University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zenon Grocholewski is the 2,176th most popular religious figure (up from 2,192nd in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 780th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Zenon Grocholewski ranks 2,176 out of 3,187Before him are Gjon Buzuku, William J. Seymour, Burchard of Worms, Ealdred, Charles Journet, and Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow. After him are Saint Othmar, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Hilary of Arles, Jacques Marquette, Jehoiada, and Antonio Marcello Barberini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Zenon Grocholewski ranks 239Before him are Judy Collins, Susannah York, Concha Velasco, John Neumeier, Romualdo Arppi Filho, and Fred Willard. After him are Marek Janowski, Ron Rifkin, Bulle Ogier, Louis Andriessen, James Mancham, and Aleksandër Meksi. Among people deceased in 2020, Zenon Grocholewski ranks 273Before him are Corine Rottschäfer, Abdurrahim El-Keib, Luke Harper, Enzo Mari, Ronald Graham, and Fred Willard. After him are Frederick Ballantyne, Larry Tesler, Robert Fisk, Irrfan Khan, Yuri Orlov, and Jonathan Sacks.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Zenon Grocholewski ranks 702 out of 1,694Before him are Józef Szmidt (1935), Friedrich Gilly (1772), Matthias Habich (1940), Karl Otfried Müller (1797), Czesław Kiszczak (1925), and Ernst Wiechert (1887). After him are Stefan Rowecki (1895), Marek Janowski (1939), August Zaleski (1883), Rutka Laskier (1929), Maria Dąbrowska (1889), and Oskar Kummetz (1891).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Zenon Grocholewski ranks 33Before him are Stanislaus Hosius (1504), Jan Sarkander (1576), Jan Łaski (1499), Józef Glemp (1929), August Hlond (1881), and Wincenty Kadłubek (1150). After him are Aleksander Kakowski (1862), Dorothea of Montau (1347), Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875), Hypatius Pociej (1541), Michał Sopoćko (1888), and Johann Dzierzon (1811).