# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melchisedec-sikuli-paluku
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:21:05.174Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melchisedec-sikuli-paluku"
name: "Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku"
slug: "melchisedec-sikuli-paluku"
description: "Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 3 April 1998. Before that, from 21 August 1978 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of that same Roman Catholic diocese. He was appointed bishop on 3 April 1998 by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated and installed at Butembo/Beni on 2 August 1998."
tagline: "Congolese catholic bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melchisedec_Sikuli_Paluku_(29203764374)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1952-01-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.14
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.335853333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Melchisedec_Sikuli_Paluku"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchisedec_Sikuli_Paluku"
    title: "Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchisedec_Sikuli_Paluku"
    title: "Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchisedec_Sikuli_Paluku"
    title: "Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchisedec_Sikuli"
    title: "Melchisedec Sikuli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchisedec_Sikuli_Paluku"
    title: "Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Melchisedec_Sikuli_Paluku"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1919193"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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