# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/loras-joseph-watters
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:31:51.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/loras-joseph-watters"
name: "Loras Joseph Watters"
slug: "loras-joseph-watters"
description: "Loras Joseph Watters was an American bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Dubuque in Iowa from 1965 to 1969, and as the fifth bishop of Winona in Minnesota from 1969 to 1986."
tagline: "Catholic bishop (1915–2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Bishop_Loras_Waters.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1915-10-14"
deathDate: "2009-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.6
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           5.269114666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loras_Joseph_Watters"
    title: "Loras Joseph Watters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "لوراس چوزيف واترز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loras_Joseph_Watters"
    title: "Loras Joseph Watters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loras_Joseph_Watters"
    title: "Loras Joseph Watters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loras_Joseph_Watters"
    title: "Loras Joseph Watters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loras_Joseph_Watters"
    title: "Loras Joseph Watters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1869843"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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