# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-oliver-van-de-velde
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:31:48.340Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-oliver-van-de-velde"
name: "James Oliver Van de Velde"
slug: "james-oliver-van-de-velde"
description: "James Oliver Van de Velde, SJ was a Belgian-born Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Natchez in Mississippi from 1853 to his death in 1855. He was a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)."
tagline: "Catholic bishop in the United States (1795–1855)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vandeveldesj.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1795-04-03"
deathDate: "1855-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.79
  momentum:             4.444444444444442
  historical:           9.40522
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "جيمس اوليفر فان دى فيلدى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oliver_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "James Oliver Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oliver_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "James Oliver Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oliver_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "James Oliver Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Jacques Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oliver_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "James Oliver Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacobus_Oliverius_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Iacobus Oliverius Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Olivier_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Jacob Olivier Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oliver_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "James Oliver Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oliver_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "James Oliver Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59732"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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