# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/damian-kyaruzi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:25:56.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/damian-kyaruzi"
name: "Damian Kyaruzi"
slug: "damian-kyaruzi"
description: "Damian Kyaruzi is Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate who was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sumbawanga in Tanzania from 1997 until his age-related retirement in 2018. He was appointed bishop on 21 April 1997 by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated and installed in Sumbawanga in June 1997. Pope Francis accepted his retirement on 19 April 2018 and appointed Bishop Beatus Christian Urassa, as his successor. Bishop Damian Kyaruzi lives on as Bishop Emeritus of Sumbawanga, Tanzania."
tagline: "Bishop emeritus of Roman Catholic Diocese of Sumbawanga"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Damian_Kyaruzi.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1940-04-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.11
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.601404
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Damian Kyaruzi"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Kyaruzi"
    title: "Damian Kyaruzi"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Kyaruzi"
    title: "Damian Kyaruzi"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Kyaruzi"
    title: "Damian Kyaruzi"
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  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Kyaruzi"
    title: "Damian Kyaruzi"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump