# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alphonsus-augustus-sowada
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:03:10.636Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alphonsus-augustus-sowada"
name: "Alphonsus Augustus Sowada"
slug: "alphonsus-augustus-sowada"
description: "Alphonsus Augustus Sowada was an American Roman Catholic bishop, cultural anthropologist, and first Bishop of Agats in Indonesia. A longtime collector and preserver of Asmat cultural artifacts, he helped found both the Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress in Agats, and the American Museum of Asmat Art in his home state of Minnesota."
tagline: "American priest (1933-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alphonse_Sowada_mural_2016.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: "1933-06-23"
deathDate: "2014-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.740740740740741
  historical:           7.672858666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "الفونسوس اوجستس سوادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonsus_Augustus_Sowada"
    title: "Alphonsus Augustus Sowada"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonsus_Augustus_Sowada"
    title: "Alphonsus Augustus Sowada"
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  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonsus_Augustus_Sowada"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonsus_Augustus_Sowada"
    title: "Alphonsus Augustus Sowada"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump