# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-lee-hiong-fun-yit-yaw
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:18:35.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-lee-hiong-fun-yit-yaw"
name: "John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw"
slug: "john-lee-hiong-fun-yit-yaw"
description: "John Lee was born on 5 October 1933 in Jesselton, North Borneo. He was ordained a priest on 27 December 1964, and appointed Bishop of Kota Kinabalu on 31 March 1987. His episcopal ordination was on 26 June 1987. On 23 May 2008 he was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu when the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese. He was the president of the Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Episcopal Commission for Family Life. He officially retired on 24 January 2013 and was succeeded by John Wong Soo Kau."
tagline: "Catholic archbishop"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Bishop_john_lee.gif"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1933-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           6.805256
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump