# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/floyd-lawrence-begin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:44:10.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/floyd-lawrence-begin"
name: "Floyd Lawrence Begin"
slug: "floyd-lawrence-begin"
description: "Floyd Lawrence Begin was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Oakland, California from 1962 until his death in 1977. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio from 1947 to 1962."
tagline: "Catholic bishop (1902–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cardinal_Hayes_Arrival_2_7th_National_EucharisticCongress_Cleveland_1935.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1902-02-05"
deathDate: "1977-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.9
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.273398666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Floyd Lawrence Begin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فلويد لورانس بيجن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Lawrence_Begin"
    title: "Floyd Lawrence Begin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Begin"
    title: "Floyd Begin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Lawrence_Begin"
    title: "Floyd Lawrence Begin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Lawrence_Begin"
    title: "Floyd Lawrence Begin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2645917"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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