# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-pierre-bassene
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:29:21.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-pierre-bassene"
name: "Jean-Pierre Bassène"
slug: "jean-pierre-bassene"
description: "Jean-Pierre Bassène is a Senegalese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tambacounda, Senegal since 4 November 2021. Before that, from 25 January 2012 until 4 November 2021, he was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ziguinchor, Senegal. Prior to then he served as Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ziguinchor from 21 July 2010 until 25 January 2012. He was appointed bishop on 25 January 2012\t by Pope Benedict XVI and was consecrated at Ziguinchor on 21 April 2012. His installation as Bishop of Tambacounda, took place on 6 February 2022."
tagline: "Senegalese catholic bishop"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Template-Bishop.svg/330px-Template-Bishop.svg.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1951-08-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           34.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.135133333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Bass%C3%A8ne"
    title: "Jean-Pierre Bassène"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Bass%C3%A8ne"
    title: "Jean-Pierre Bassène"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Bass%C3%A8ne"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Bass%C3%A8ne"
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    title: "Jean-Pierre Bassène"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1685170"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump