# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-elizabeth-lange
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:35:56.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-elizabeth-lange"
name: "Mary Elizabeth Lange"
slug: "mary-elizabeth-lange"
description: "Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP was an American religious sister in Baltimore, Maryland who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1829, the first African-American religious congregation in the United States. She was also, via the Oblates, the first African-American superior general."
tagline: "Founder of the Oblate Sisters of Providence."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mother_Mary_Lange.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1784"
deathDate: "1882-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.03
  momentum:             12.62441012441012
  historical:           5.487618666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Lange"
    title: "Mary Elizabeth Lange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "مارى اليزابيث لانج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Lange"
    title: "Mary Elizabeth Lange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Lange"
    title: "Mary Elizabeth Lange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Mary_Lange"
    title: "Mother Mary Lange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Lange"
    title: "Mary Elizabeth Lange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6779421"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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