# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-joseph-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:13:50.928Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-joseph-williams"
name: "John Joseph Williams"
slug: "john-joseph-williams"
description: "John Joseph Williams was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He led the Archdiocese of Boston for 41 years, serving as its fourth Bishop (1866–1875) and first Archbishop (1875–1907). During his tenure, he dedicated the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and opened St. John's Seminary."
tagline: "Archbishop of Boston (1822-1907)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Joseph_Williams.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: "1822-04-27"
deathDate: "1907-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.58
  momentum:             4.725215517241379
  historical:           7.877790666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جون جوزيف وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون چوزيف وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Joseph Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_Williams"
    title: "John Joseph Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_Williams"
    title: "John Joseph Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_Williams"
    title: "John Joseph Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_Williams"
    title: "John Joseph Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_Williams"
    title: "John Joseph Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949953"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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