# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-macwilliam
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:37:37.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-macwilliam"
name: "John MacWilliam"
slug: "john-macwilliam"
description: "John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr. is a British Roman Catholic bishop and former soldier. From 2017 to 2025, he was the Bishop of Laghouat in Algeria. From 1968 to 1984, he was an officer of the Queen's Regiment in the British Army. After leaving the military, he joined the White Fathers, making his vows in 1991 and being ordained priest in 1992. After studying in London and in Rome, he ministered in Algeria and in Tunisia. In 2015, he was appointed Superior Provincial of the White Fathers for North Africa."
tagline: "British Roman Catholic bishop"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_John_Gordon_MacWilliam.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_John_Gordon_MacWilliam.svg.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1948-11-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.71
  momentum:             8.000000000000002
  historical:           7.002736000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_MacWilliam"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "جون ماكويليام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordon_MacWilliam"
    title: "John Gordon MacWilliam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_MacWilliam"
    title: "John MacWilliam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordon_MacWilliam"
    title: "John Gordon MacWilliam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordon_MacWilliam"
    title: "John Gordon MacWilliam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordon_MacWilliam"
    title: "John Gordon MacWilliam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_MacWilliam"
    title: "John MacWilliam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28947884"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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