# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerard-william-battersby
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:32:25.620Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerard-william-battersby"
name: "Gerard William Battersby"
slug: "gerard-william-battersby"
description: "Gerard William Battersby is an American Catholic prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 2016 to 2024. On March 19, 2024, he was appointed Bishop of La Crosse. He was installed during a ceremony on May 20, 2024 at the Cathedral of St Joseph the Workman."
tagline: "Roman Catholic bishop"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Coat_of_arms_of_Gerard_William_Battersby%2C_Bishop_of_La_Crosse.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gerard_William_Battersby%2C_Bishop_of_La_Crosse.svg.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1960-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.609022556390977
  historical:           6.813032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gerard William Battersby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "جيرارد وليام باترسبى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Battersby"
    title: "Gerard Battersby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_William_Battersby"
    title: "Gerard William Battersby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_William_Battersby"
    title: "Gerard William Battersby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_William_Battersby"
    title: "Gerard William Battersby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Battersby"
    title: "Gerard Battersby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gerard_William_Battersby"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27907783"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump