# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alphonse-gallegos
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:50:45.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alphonse-gallegos"
name: "Alphonse Gallegos"
slug: "alphonse-gallegos"
description: "Alphonse Gallegos, OAR, was an American Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento from 1981 until his death in 1991. He was nicknamed the \"Bishop of the Barrios\". His beatification process was opened in 2006 and on 8 July 2016, Pope Francis named him venerable in recognition of his heroic virtue."
tagline: "Catholic bishop (1931-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bishop_Alphonse_Gallegos.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1931-02-20"
deathDate: "1991-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.86
  momentum:             12.85714285714285
  historical:           6.542801333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Alphonse Gallegos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ألفونس دس غاليغوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "الفونس دس جاليجوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Gallegos"
    title: "Alphonse Gallegos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Gallegos"
    title: "Alphonse Gallegos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Gallegos"
    title: "Alphonse Gallegos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Gallegos"
    title: "Alphonse Gallegos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4735362"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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