# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-shija
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:59:38.905Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-shija"
name: "Matthew Shija"
slug: "matthew-shija"
description: "Bishop Emeritus Matthew Shija was a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church. Shija was born in Puge, Tanzania and was ordained a priest on 17 January 1954. Shija was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Kahama on 11 November 1983 and was ordained bishop on 26 February 1984. Shija served until his retirement on 24 April 2001, having reached the Age limit as described by the Code of Canon Law."
tagline: "Roman Catholic Bishop (1924–2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Bishop_Matthew_Shija_Greating_a_Child_%28child_Samson_Aloyce_after_his_first_communion_in_the_year_1998%29.jpg/330px-Bishop_Matthew_Shija_Greating_a_Child_%28child_Samson_Aloyce_after_his_first_communion_in_the_year_1998%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1924-04-17"
deathDate: "2015-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.3
  momentum:             22.6
  historical:           5.934917333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Matthew Shija"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "ماثيو شيجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shija"
    title: "Matthew Shija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shija"
    title: "Matthew Shija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shija"
    title: "Matthew Shija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shija"
    title: "Matthew Shija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shija"
    title: "Matthew Shija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1116534"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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