# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manuel-aurelio-cruz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:12:08.371Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manuel-aurelio-cruz"
name: "Manuel Aurelio Cruz"
slug: "manuel-aurelio-cruz"
description: "Manuel Aurelio Cruz is a Cuban-born American Catholic prelate who has served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey since 2008. He survived an assault at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in 2017."
tagline: "Catholic bishop"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Coat_of_arms_of_Manuel_Aurelio_Cruz.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_Manuel_Aurelio_Cruz.svg.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1953-12-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.340749333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "مانويل أوريليو كروز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مانويل اوريليو كروز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Manuel Aurelio Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Aurelio_Cruz"
    title: "Manuel Aurelio Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Aurelio_Cruz"
    title: "Manuel Aurelio Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Aurelio_Cruz"
    title: "Manuel Aurelio Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Aurelio_Cruz"
    title: "Manuel Aurelio Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Aurelio_Cruz"
    title: "Manuel Aurelio Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Manuel_Aurelio_Cruz"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251916"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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