# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-norbert-provencher
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:29:08.551Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-norbert-provencher"
name: "Joseph Norbert Provencher"
slug: "joseph-norbert-provencher"
description: "Joseph-Norbert Provencher was a Canadian clergyman and missionary and one of the founders of the modern province of Manitoba. He was the first Bishop of Saint Boniface and was an important figure in the history of the Franco-Manitoban community."
tagline: "Catholic bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Provencher(1818-1853).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1787-02-12"
deathDate: "1853-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.84
  momentum:             3.934210526315789
  historical:           4.606804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "نوربرت بروفينشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Provencher"
    title: "Norbert Provencher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Norbert_Provencher"
    title: "Joseph Norbert Provencher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Norbert_Provencher"
    title: "Joseph Norbert Provencher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_Norbert_Provencher"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3185414"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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