# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-burns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:44:13.705Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-burns"
name: "Thomas Burns"
slug: "thomas-burns"
description: "Thomas Matthew Burns  KC*HS is a British Roman Catholic bishop. On 16 October 2008, he was appointed Bishop of Menevia by Pope Benedict XVI, becoming so on 1 December 2008 when he took possession of his new see, on which day he ceased to be Bishop of the Forces. He is now bishop promoter for the Apostleship of the Sea, a Catholic organisation that provides pastoral and practical assistance to all seafarers. It was announced in July 2019 that Burns had retired from the role of Bishop of Menevia after 11 years."
tagline: "British Catholic bishop (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BishopTom2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1944-06-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.59
  momentum:             2.727272727272728
  historical:           9.404428000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Burns_(bishop)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A)"
    title: "توم بورنس (كاهن كاثوليكي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توم بورنس (كاهن كاثوليكى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Matthew_Burns"
    title: "Thomas Matthew Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Burns_(bishop)"
    title: "Tom Burns (bishop)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Matthew_Burns"
    title: "Thomas Matthew Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Matthew_Burns"
    title: "Thomas Matthew Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Burns"
    title: "Thomas Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Matthew_Burns"
    title: "Thomas Matthew Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Burns"
    title: "Thomas Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E"
    title: "Бёрнс, Томас Мэттью"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q592660"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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