# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-stika
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:50:43.678Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-stika"
name: "Richard Stika"
slug: "richard-stika"
description: "Richard Frank Stika was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Knoxville from 2009 to 2023, when he resigned at the request of Pope Francis. Stika had been accused of covering up the rape of a diocesan employee by a former seminarian, among other allegations of misconduct and mismanagement."
tagline: "Catholic bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bishop_Stika%2C_Knoxville%2C_Tennessee.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1957-07-04"
deathDate: "2026-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.04
  momentum:             4.011857707509882
  historical:           9.425524000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "ريتشارد ستيكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Frank Stika"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stika"
    title: "Richard Stika"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Frank_Stika"
    title: "Richard Frank Stika"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Frank_Stika"
    title: "Richard Frank Stika"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stika"
    title: "Richard Stika"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Frank_Stika"
    title: "Richard Frank Stika"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Frank_Stika"
    title: "Richard Frank Stika"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stika"
    title: "Richard Stika"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Frank_Stika"
    title: "Richard Frank Stika"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q675194"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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