# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-j-mcgivney
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:40.156Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-j-mcgivney"
name: "Michael J. McGivney"
slug: "michael-j-mcgivney"
description: "Michael Joseph McGivney was an American Catholic priest based in New Haven, Connecticut. He founded the Knights of Columbus at a local parish to serve as a mutual aid and insurance organization, particularly for immigrants and their families. It developed through the 20th century as the world's largest Catholic fraternal organization."
tagline: "American Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Knights of Columbus and blessed (1852–1890)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Father_McGivney_300.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1852-08-12"
deathDate: "1890-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.48
  momentum:             2.2354993750372
  historical:           11.46044933333333
  currentAttention:     6.092767295597483
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.fathermcgivney.org"
sources:
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    title: "Майкл Макґівні"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل ج. ماكجيفنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%93%D1%96%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%96"
    title: "Майкл Мак-Гіўні"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._McGivney"
    title: "Michael J. McGivney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McGivney"
    title: "Michael McGivney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._McGivney"
    title: "Michael J. McGivney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._McGivney"
    title: "Michael J. McGivney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._McGivney"
    title: "Michael J. McGivney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._McGivney"
    title: "Michael J. McGivney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._McGivney"
    title: "Michael J. McGivney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._McGivney"
    title: "Michael J. McGivney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McGivney"
    title: "Michael McGivney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Мак-Гивни, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2664799"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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