# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-gabriel-risi
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:17:03.515Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-gabriel-risi"
name: "Edward Gabriel Risi"
slug: "edward-gabriel-risi"
description: "Edward Gabriel Risi O.M.I. was a South African Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of the Diocese of Keimoes–Upington from 14 October 2000 until his death on 4 December 2025, at the age of 76. He was appointed bishop by Pope John Paul II. His episcopal consecration took place at Upington on 14 October 2000. He died in a hospital in Johannesburg. He was a professed member of the Catholic religious order of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.)."
tagline: "South African bishop of Keimoes-Upington"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Template-Bishop.svg/330px-Template-Bishop.svg.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1949-01-06"
deathDate: "2025-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.134953333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gabriel_Risi"
    title: "Edward Gabriel Risi"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gabriel_Risi"
    title: "Edward Gabriel Risi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gabriel_Risi"
    title: "Edward Gabriel Risi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gabriel_Risi"
    title: "Edward Gabriel Risi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Risi"
    title: "Edward Risi"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gabriel_Risi"
    title: "Edward Gabriel Risi"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292288"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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