# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melchior-shi-hongzhen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:51:07.512Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melchior-shi-hongzhen"
name: "Melchior Shi Hongzhen"
slug: "melchior-shi-hongzhen"
description: "Melchior Shi Hongzhen is a Chinese Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Tianjin since 2019. He had been under house arrest after refusing to join Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. The government recognized him as bishop of Tianjin in 2024."
tagline: "Chinese bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BishopMelchiorShi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1927"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.203456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AAchi%C3%B4_Th%E1%BA%A1ch_H%E1%BB%93ng_Trinh"
    title: "Mêchiô Thạch Hồng Trinh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Shi_Hongzhen"
    title: "Melchior Shi Hongzhen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Shi_Hongzhen"
    title: "Melchior Shi Hongzhen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Shi_Hongzhen"
    title: "Melchior Shi Hongzhen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Hong-zhen"
    title: "Shi Hong-zhen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melkior_Shi_Hongzhen"
    title: "Melkior Shi Hongzhen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Shi_Hongzhen"
    title: "Melchior Shi Hongzhen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Shi_Hongzhen"
    title: "Melchior Shi Hongzhen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11988934"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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