# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-ponniah
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:32:09.889Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-ponniah"
name: "Joseph Ponniah"
slug: "joseph-ponniah"
description: "Joseph Ponniah was a Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, who served as a Bishop of Batticaloa."
tagline: "Sri Lankan Tamil bishop"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1952-10-12"
deathDate: "2025-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.602448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "யோசப் பொன்னையா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87"
    title: "چوزيف بونياه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ponniah"
    title: "Joseph Ponniah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ponniah"
    title: "Joseph Ponniah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ponniah"
    title: "Joseph Ponniah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ponniah"
    title: "Joseph Ponniah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ponniah"
    title: "Joseph Ponniah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ponniah"
    title: "Joseph Ponniah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1707833"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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