# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-terry-steib
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:55:35.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-terry-steib"
name: "J. Terry Steib"
slug: "j-terry-steib"
description: "James Terry Steib, SVD is an American Catholic retired prelate who served as Bishop of Memphis from 1993 to 2016. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of St. Louis from 1983 to 1993. He was the first African American to lead the Diocese of Memphis and is a member of the Society of the Divine Word."
tagline: "Catholic bishop"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Coat_of_arms_of_James_Terry_Steib.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_James_Terry_Steib.svg.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1940-05-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.13
  momentum:             0.6122448979591837
  historical:           5.472282666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "J. Terry Steib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8"
    title: "جى تيرى ستيب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Terry_Steib"
    title: "James Terry Steib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Steib"
    title: "Terry Steib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Terry_Steib"
    title: "James Terry Steib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Terry_Steib"
    title: "James Terry Steib"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220082"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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