# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-verstraete
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:17:33.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-verstraete"
name: "Daniel Verstraete"
slug: "daniel-verstraete"
description: "Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete, O.M.I. is a Belgian-born South African Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Diocesan Bishop of the new promoted Roman Catholic Diocese of Klerksdorp from 27 February 1978 until his resignation on 26 March 1994. Previously he was a Prefect Apostolic of the Prefecture Apostolic of Western Transvaal from 9 November 1965 until 27 February 1978 and a participant of the Second Vatican Council."
tagline: "Belgian bishop"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1924-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.341613333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Verstraete"
    title: "Daniel Verstraete"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "دانيال الفونس عمر فيرستريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Alphonse_Omer_Verstraete"
    title: "Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Verstraete"
    title: "Daniel Verstraete"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Verstraete"
    title: "Daniel Verstraete"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Alphonse_Omer_Verstraete"
    title: "Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani%C3%ABl_Verstraete"
    title: "Daniël Verstraete"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Alphonse_Omer_Verstraete"
    title: "Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Verstraete"
    title: "Daniel Verstraete"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Verstraete"
    title: "Daniel Verstraete"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159904"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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