# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-kalist
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:29:27.462Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-kalist"
name: "Francis Kalist"
slug: "francis-kalist"
description: "Bishop Francis Kalist is the Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore. He served as Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Meerut, India from 2009 till 19 March 2022."
tagline: "Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India, from 2022"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Archbishop_Francis_Kalist.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1957-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.608695652173913
  historical:           8.542045333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "فرانسيس كاليست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Francis Kalist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Kalist"
    title: "Francis Kalist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Kalist"
    title: "Francis Kalist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Kalist"
    title: "Francis Kalist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Kalist"
    title: "Francis Kalist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Kalist"
    title: "Francis Kalist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Kalist"
    title: "Francis Kalist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Kalist"
    title: "Francis Kalist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1441595"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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