# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jakob-weis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:59:56.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jakob-weis"
name: "Jakob Weis"
slug: "jakob-weis"
description: "Jakob Weis was a priest in the Diocese of Speyer, who also worked as a prison chaplain. During the First World War he became the army chaplain to the 12th Bavarian Infantry Division and Catholic pastoral care advisor to the Armee-Oberkommando Mackensen. From 1918 to 1920 he voluntarily joined soldiers in their internment so as to continue his pastoral care."
tagline: "German army chaplain"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pfarrer_Jakob_Weis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1879-05-13"
deathDate: "1948-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.468538666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Weis"
    title: "Jakob Weis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ياكوب فايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ياكوب فايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81"
    title: "Якоб Вайс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Weis"
    title: "Jakob Weis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Вайс, Якоб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109759"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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