# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/athanase-matti-shaba-matoka
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:27:21.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/athanase-matti-shaba-matoka"
name: "Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka"
slug: "athanase-matti-shaba-matoka"
description: "Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka was an Iraqi Syriac Catholic hierarch, who served as the Archbishop of the Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad from 1983 until his retirement in 2010. He was a significant figure during the period of heightened persecution of Christians in Iraq following the 2003 invasion."
tagline: "Iraqi Syriac Catholic archbishop (1930-2025)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1930-06-20"
deathDate: "2025-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.71
  momentum:             1.463414634146341
  historical:           7.201692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanase_Matti_Shaba_Matoka"
    title: "Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanase_Matti_Shaba_Matoka"
    title: "Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanase_Matti_Shaba_Matoka"
    title: "Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanase_Matti_Shaba_Matoka"
    title: "Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanase_Matti_Shaba_Matoka"
    title: "Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0"
    title: "Матока, Афанасий Матти Шаба"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Athanase_Matti_Shaba_Matoka"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754750"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump