RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga

1942 - Today

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Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (born 29 December 1942) is a Honduran prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Tegucigalpa from 1993 to 2023. He was president of Caritas Internationalis and served as president of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) from 1995 to 1999. Rodríguez was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2001. He has been the Vatican's spokesman with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, on the issue of Third World debt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga is the 1,115th most popular religious figure (up from 1,530th in 2019), the most popular biography from Honduras (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Honduran Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga ranks 1,115 out of 3,187. Before him are Lucifer of Cagliari, Jean-Marc Aveline, Nahshon, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Donatus Magnus, and Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. After him are Beniamino Stella, Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria, La Voisin, Henry of Latvia, Ikkyū, and Youssef Absi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga ranks 131. Before him are Samuel R. Delany, Terry Jones, Bert Sakmann, Geneviève Bujold, Mirjana Marković, and Koji Funamoto. After him are Prince Michael of Kent, Amine Gemayel, Ivo Viktor, Péter Nádas, Scott Wilson, and Anita Pallenberg.

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In Honduras

Among people born in Honduras, Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga ranks 1 out of 84. After him are Francisco Morazán (1792), Xiomara Castro (1959), Manuel Zelaya (1952), Porfirio Lobo Sosa (1947), Oswaldo López Arellano (1921), Roberto Micheletti (1943), Augusto Monterroso (1921), Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876), Juan Lindo (1790), Carlos Roberto Reina (1926), and Ramón Villeda Morales (1909).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Honduras

Among religious figures born in Honduras, Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga ranks 1. 

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