# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-phipps
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:02.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-phipps"
name: "Bill Phipps"
slug: "bill-phipps"
description: "William Frederick Allen Phipps was a Canadian ordained minister of the United Church of Canada, lawyer and social activist. He served as the 36th Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 1997 to 2000, and engendered controversy for expressing support for gay ordination and not believing in a physical Resurrection of Jesus."
tagline: "Canadian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BillPhipps.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1942-05-04"
deathDate: "2022-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.604788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "بيل فيبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "بيل فيبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Phipps"
    title: "Bill Phipps"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Phipps"
    title: "Bill Phipps"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Phipps"
    title: "Bill Phipps"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903317"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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