# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-xavier-kaname-shimamoto
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:41:58.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-xavier-kaname-shimamoto"
name: "Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto"
slug: "francis-xavier-kaname-shimamoto"
description: "Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto was a bishop of the Catholic Church. His baptismal name was \"Francis Xavier\". Shimamoto was ordained a Catholic priest on 23 November 1958. In 1979 he was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urawa and consecrated on 20 March 1980. In 1990 Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki. On 31 August 2002 Shimamoto died."
tagline: "Japanese Catholic Bishop"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1932-02-14"
deathDate: "2002-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.00414
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E5%B3%B6%E6%9C%AC%E8%A6%81"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "فرنسيس كزافييه كانام شيماموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Kaname_Shimamoto"
    title: "Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Kaname_Shimamoto"
    title: "Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B3%B6%E6%9C%AC%E8%A6%81"
    title: "島本要"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8D"
    title: "Симамото, Франциск Ксаверий Канамэ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phanxic%C3%B4_Xavi%C3%AA_Shimamoto_Kaname"
    title: "Phanxicô Xaviê Shimamoto Kaname"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Kaname_Shimamoto"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14767579"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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