Servant of God G.K. Chesterton
How tall have the famous Catholic men and women of past and present been? Precise figures can be hard to find, but here is a sampling:
6’ 4” — Servant of God G.K. Chesterton †
6’ 0” — Venerable Pope Pius XII †
5’ 10” — Our Lord Jesus Christ (based upon the Shroud of Turin) †, Pope St. John Paul II †
5’ 9” — Pope Francis †
5’ 8½” — Servant of God Bishop Fulton Sheen † (or 5’ 7” according to his niece †)
5’ 8” — Blessed Pope Paul VI †
5’ 7” — St. Peter the Apostle (based on the bones found beneath St. Peter’s Basilica’s high altar) †, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI †
5’ 6” — Pope St. John XXIII †
5’ 5” — Servant of God Pope John Paul I †
5’ 4” — St. Therese of Lisieux †
5’ 2½”— St. John Neumann †
5’ 2” — St. Joan of Arc †, St. Junipero Serra †
5’ 1½”— St. Ignatius Loyola †
5’ 0” — Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta †
