# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-laurenson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:40:48.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-laurenson"
name: "Richard Laurenson"
slug: "richard-laurenson"
description: "Richard Philip James Laurenson is a New Zealand priest of the Catholic Church who has served as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Hamilton since 8 December 2023. Prior to his appointment as bishop, he served as a parish pastor and canon lawyer for the diocese."
tagline: "Bishop of the roman-catholic church"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bishop_Richard_Laurenson_2024.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1968-07-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.88
  momentum:             16.02272727272727
  historical:           5.670158666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Laurenson"
    title: "Richard Laurenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Laurenson"
    title: "Richard Laurenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Laurenson"
    title: "Richard Laurenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Philip_James_Laurenson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Philip_James_Laurenson"
    title: "Richard Philip James Laurenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Laurenson"
    title: "Richard Laurenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123185787"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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