# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-leopold-imesch
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:21:56.738Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-leopold-imesch"
name: "Joseph Leopold Imesch"
slug: "joseph-leopold-imesch"
description: "Joseph Leopold Imesch was an American Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Joliet in Illinois from 1979 to 2006. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 1973 to 1979."
tagline: "Catholic bishop (1931–2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Joseph_Leopold_Imesch.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1931-06-21"
deathDate: "2015-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.01
  momentum:             1.568627450980392
  historical:           5.937581333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Leopold_Imesch"
    title: "Joseph Leopold Imesch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4"
    title: "چوزيف ليوبولد اميش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Leopold_Imesch"
    title: "Joseph Leopold Imesch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Leopold_Imesch"
    title: "Joseph Leopold Imesch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Leopold_Imesch"
    title: "Joseph Leopold Imesch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Leopold_Imesch"
    title: "Joseph Leopold Imesch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Imesch"
    title: "Joseph Imesch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1263126"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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