# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-l-may
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:51:37.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-l-may"
name: "John L. May"
slug: "john-l-may"
description: "John Lawrence May was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of St. Louis from 1980 to 1992. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1967 to 1969, and as Bishop of Mobile from 1969 to 1980."
tagline: "Catholic archbishop (1922-1994)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/John_L._May.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1922-03-31"
deathDate: "1994-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.009972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_May"
    title: "John May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%84._%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "جون إل. ماي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84._%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "جون ال. ماى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lawrence_May"
    title: "John Lawrence May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._May"
    title: "John L. May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lawrence_May"
    title: "John Lawrence May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lawrence_May"
    title: "John Lawrence May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lawrence_May"
    title: "John Lawrence May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445180"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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