# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-zoa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:49:55.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-zoa"
name: "Jean Zoa"
slug: "jean-zoa"
description: "Jean Zoa was a Cameroonian Catholic prelate who served as the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé in Cameroon from 11 September 1961 until his death on 20 March 1998. Before that, from 3 October 1950 until 11 September 1961, he served as a priest of the same Catholic See. He was appointed by Pope John XXIII. He was consecrated on 21 December 1961, in Rome, Italy by Cardinal Grégoire-Pierre XV Agagianian, Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian). Archbishop Jean Zoa died in office on 20 March 1998."
tagline: "Cameroonian Catholic priest"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monseigneur_Jean_Zoa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1922"
deathDate: "1998-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.607632
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jean Zoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Zoa"
    title: "Jean Zoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Zoa"
    title: "Jean Zoa"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Zoa"
    title: "Jean Zoa"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Zoa"
    title: "Jean Zoa"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11866287"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump