# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-chan-soon-cheong
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:36:23.727Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-chan-soon-cheong"
name: "James Chan Soon Cheong"
slug: "james-chan-soon-cheong"
description: "James Chan Soon Cheong was a Malaysian prelate in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Selama, Perak, he was ordained a priest on 9 August 1959. He was appointed Bishop of Melaka-Johor on 22 December 1972. His episcopal ordination took place on 8 June 1973. He retired at the age of 75 years on 10 December 2001."
tagline: "Malaysian Roman Catholic prelate (1926–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Coat_of_arms_of_James_Chan_Soon_Cheong.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_James_Chan_Soon_Cheong.svg.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1926-07-26"
deathDate: "2023-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.8
  momentum:             2.08955223880597
  historical:           5.469582666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chan_Soon_Cheong"
    title: "James Chan Soon Cheong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "جيمس تشان سون تشيونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chan_Soon_Cheong"
    title: "James Chan Soon Cheong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chan_Soon_Cheong"
    title: "James Chan Soon Cheong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chan_Soon_Cheong"
    title: "James Chan Soon Cheong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chan_Soon_Cheong"
    title: "James Chan Soon Cheong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1537831"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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