# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/antony-selvanayagam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:11:10.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/antony-selvanayagam"
name: "Antony Selvanayagam"
slug: "antony-selvanayagam"
description: "Antony Selvanayagam is the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Penang, Malaysia. He was elected by Pope John Paul II as the 4th bishop of Penang after the transfer of his predecessor, Bishop Anthony Soter Fernandez to the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur as the 2nd archbishop of Kuala Lumpur. From 1980 to 1983, he was an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, holding the titular see of Giru Mons. He retired in 2012 due to old age, and was succeeded by Msgr. Sebastian Francis as the new Bishop of Penang.\nHe has served as head of the church's Commission for Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs."
tagline: "Roman Catholic bishop"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1935-10-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.77
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.603852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "انتونى سيلڤاناياجام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Antony Selvanayagam"
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    title: "Antony Selvanayagam"
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    title: "Antony Selvanayagam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Selvanayagam"
    title: "Antony Selvanayagam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "அந்தோணி செல்வநாயகம்"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump