# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-meli
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:33:24.193Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-meli"
name: "Francis Meli"
slug: "francis-meli"
description: "Francis Meli JCL was born on July 21, 1962, in Poi Island, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea to his parents Anthon Wale and Anna Aisiga. His early education started in 1972 on Poi Island at St. Leo Primary School Sasavoru. In 1978, Francis Meli attended Kimbe Provincial High School and in 1981 he went on to the St. Peter Channel College, East New Britain. From 1985 to 1990 he attended the Holy Spirit Seminary at Bomana. Education has brought Francis Meli to various parts of the world including Saint Paul University in Canada. On November 24, 1991, Francis Meli entered priesthood and has served mostly in East New Britain Province."
tagline: "Papua New Guinean Catholic priest"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Coat_of_arms_of_Francis_Meli.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_Francis_Meli.svg.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1962-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           33.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.80126
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Meli_(bishop)"
    title: "Francis Meli (bishop)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "فرانسيس ميلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Meli_(Bischof)"
    title: "Francis Meli (Bischof)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Meli_(bishop)"
    title: "Francis Meli (bishop)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Meli"
    title: "Francis Meli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Meli"
    title: "Francis Meli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Meli"
    title: "Francis Meli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Meli_(biskup)"
    title: "Francis Meli (biskup)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47769167"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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