# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benedict-groeschel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:56:20.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benedict-groeschel"
name: "Benedict Groeschel"
slug: "benedict-groeschel"
description: "Benedict Joseph Groeschel, C.F.R. was an American Franciscan friar, Catholic priest, retreat master, author, psychologist, activist, and television host. He hosted the television talk program Sunday Night Prime on the Eternal Word Television Network, as well as several serial religious specials."
tagline: "American Franciscan friar, priest, founder (1933–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fr_Groeschel_Greeting_nativity_scene.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1933-07-23"
deathDate: "2014-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.74
  momentum:             5.850622406639004
  historical:           6.377541333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://hr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benedict_Joseph_Groeschel"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بنديكت جروشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Groeschel"
    title: "Benedict Groeschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Groeschel"
    title: "Benedict Groeschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Groeschel"
    title: "Benedict Groeschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Groeschel"
    title: "Benedict Groeschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Groeschel"
    title: "Benedict Groeschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458638"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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