# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-onaiyekan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:46:56.695Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/john-onaiyekan"
name: "John Onaiyekan"
slug: "john-onaiyekan"
description: "John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was archbishop of the Latin Church archdiocese of Abuja from 1994 to 2019 and was made a cardinal in 2012. He has served as president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria, President of The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), and bishop of Ilorin."
tagline: "Catholic archbishop"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1944-01-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             25
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  106
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump