# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-meeking
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:40:06.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-meeking"
name: "Basil Meeking"
slug: "basil-meeking"
description: "John Basil Meeking was the seventh bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand from 1987 to 1995."
tagline: "7th Roman Catholic bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand (1929–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bishop-Meeking.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1929-11-19"
deathDate: "2020-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.44
  momentum:             6.846153846153847
  historical:           7.002592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  234
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Meeking"
    title: "Basil Meeking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "باسل ميكينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Basil_Meeking"
    title: "John Basil Meeking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Meeking"
    title: "Basil Meeking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Basil_Meeking"
    title: "John Basil Meeking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Basil_Meeking"
    title: "John Basil Meeking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Basil_Meeking"
    title: "John Basil Meeking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Meeking"
    title: "Basil Meeking"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1229608"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump