# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-oliver-bowers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:37:16.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-oliver-bowers"
name: "Joseph Oliver Bowers"
slug: "joseph-oliver-bowers"
description: "Joseph Oliver Bowers, SVD was a Catholic prelate from Dominica who served as Bishop of St. Johns–Basseterre from 1971 to 1981. He previously served as Bishop of Accra beginning in 1953. He was the first Black Catholic bishop from the Western Hemisphere, and the first ever to ordain Black priests. He was a member of the Divine Word Fathers."
tagline: "Catholic bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BISHOP_JOSEPH_OLIVER_BOWERS_SVD.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1910-03-28"
deathDate: "2012-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.315789473684211
  historical:           8.737005333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Бауэрс, Джозеф Оливер"
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    title: "چوزيف اوليفر باورز"
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    title: "Joseph Oliver Bowers"
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    title: "Joseph Oliver Bowers"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Oliver_Bowers"
    title: "Joseph Oliver Bowers"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Oliver_Bowers"
    title: "Joseph Oliver Bowers"
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    title: "Joseph Oliver Bowers"
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    title: "Joseph Oliver Bowers"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump