# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-joseph-begley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:27:52.931Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-joseph-begley"
name: "Michael Joseph Begley"
slug: "michael-joseph-begley"
description: "Michael Joseph Begley was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte in North Carolina, serving from 1972 until 1984."
tagline: "American bishop (1909-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bishop-Michael-Begley.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: "1909-03-12"
deathDate: "2002-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.83
  momentum:             15.27777777777778
  historical:           5.469330666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Michael Joseph Begley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "ميخائيل جوزيف بيجلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل چوزيف بيجلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Joseph_Begley"
    title: "Michael Joseph Begley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Joseph_Begley"
    title: "Michael Joseph Begley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Joseph_Begley"
    title: "Michael Joseph Begley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Joseph_Begley"
    title: "Michael Joseph Begley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2039402"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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