# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benedict-joseph-flaget
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:47:50.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benedict-joseph-flaget"
name: "Benedict Joseph Flaget"
slug: "benedict-joseph-flaget"
description: "Benedict Joseph Flaget was a French-born Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bardstown from 1808 to 1839. When the see was transferred to Louisville in 1839, he became Bishop of Louisville, remaining in the post from 1839 to 1850. He was a member of the Sulpicians."
tagline: "First Roman Catholic bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bishop_Benedict_Joseph_Flaget.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1763-11-07"
deathDate: "1850-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.66
  momentum:             4.605298729386321
  historical:           7.878150666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بنديكت چوزيف فلاجيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Joseph_Flaget"
    title: "Benedict Joseph Flaget"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Joseph_Flaget"
    title: "Benedict Joseph Flaget"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt-Joseph_Flaget"
    title: "Benoît-Joseph Flaget"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Joseph_Flaget"
    title: "Benedict Joseph Flaget"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt-Joseph_Flaget"
    title: "Benoît-Joseph Flaget"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Joseph_Flaget"
    title: "Benedict Joseph Flaget"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Joseph_Flaget"
    title: "Benedict Joseph Flaget"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4887287"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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