# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-england
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:53:14.554Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-england"
name: "John England"
slug: "john-england"
description: "John England was an Irish-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of Charleston, leading a diocese that then covered three Southern states. England previously served as a priest in Cork, Ireland, where he was active in the movement for Catholic emancipation in the British Isles. As bishop in Charleston, he ministered to and provided education for many free and enslaved African-Americans."
tagline: "1st Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bishop_John_England.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1786-09-23"
deathDate: "1842-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.35
  momentum:             9.978302796528446
  historical:           6.344709333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_England"
    title: "John England"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A)"
    title: "جون إنجلاند (كاهن كاثوليكي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89)"
    title: "جون انجلاند (كاهن كاثوليكى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_England_(Bischof)"
    title: "John England (Bischof)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_England_(bishop)"
    title: "John England (bishop)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_England"
    title: "John England"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_England_(biskop)"
    title: "John England (biskop)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6231795"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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