# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-scanlan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:43:49.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-scanlan"
name: "James Scanlan"
slug: "james-scanlan"
description: "James Donald Scanlan was a Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, who served first as the Bishop of Dunkeld, then Bishop of Motherwell, and ultimately Archbishop of Glasgow. Born in Glasgow, Scanlan intended to study medicine, but was sent to Sandhurst and served with the Highland Light Infantry. After military service, he earned a law degree from the University of Glasgow before deciding to enter the priesthood. He was ordained in 1929."
tagline: "Catholic archbishop"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/Archbishop_James_Scanlan.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1899-01-24"
deathDate: "1976-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.64
  momentum:             14.26559356136821
  historical:           4.602916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس سكانلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Donald_Scanlan"
    title: "James Donald Scanlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scanlan"
    title: "James Scanlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scanlan"
    title: "James Scanlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Donald_Scanlan"
    title: "James Donald Scanlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6142809"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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