Leo Kierkels

Indian Apostolic Nuncio (1882-1957)
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Summary

Leo Kierkels was born on December 12, 1882[1], in Baexem[2]. He died on November 7, 1957[3], in Rome[4]. He worked as a Catholic priest[5], diplomat[6], and Catholic bishop[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands[9]
  • Position held: titular archbishop[10], apostolic delegate[11]
  • Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[12]
  • Sex or gender: male[13]
  • Religious order: Passionists[14]
  • Family name: Kierkels[15]
  • Given name: Leo[16]
  • Consecrator: Willem Marinus van Rossum[17], Pietro Pisani[18], Giovanni Battista Peruzzo[19]

Why It Matters

Leo Kierkels has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

FAQs

Where was Leo Kierkels born?

Leo Kierkels was born in Baexem[2].

Where did Leo Kierkels die?

Leo Kierkels died in Rome[4].

What did Leo Kierkels do for work?

Leo Kierkels worked as a Catholic priest[5], diplomat[6], and Catholic bishop[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [13] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'li', 'nl', 'no', 'pl', 'sw']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57985|batch #57985]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 2/3"
  2. 19w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster id → 417520, 759543
    Country of citizenship → Kingdom of the Netherlands
    Given name → Leo
    Religious order → Passionists
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Parsifal cluster id: 759543, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259387|batch #259387]]"
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