# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-joseph-bransfield
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:27:06.774Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-joseph-bransfield"
name: "Michael Joseph Bransfield"
slug: "michael-joseph-bransfield"
description: "Michael Joseph Bransfield was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston from 2005 to 2018."
tagline: "American Roman-Catholic priest, bishop"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Michael_J._Bransfield.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-09-08"
deathDate: "2026-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.565661333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Michael Joseph Bransfield"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "مايكل چوزيف برانسفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Joseph_Bransfield"
    title: "Michael Joseph Bransfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Bransfield"
    title: "Michael J. Bransfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Joseph_Bransfield"
    title: "Michael Joseph Bransfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Joseph_Bransfield"
    title: "Michael Joseph Bransfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Joseph_Bransfield"
    title: "Michael Joseph Bransfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bransfield"
    title: "Michael Bransfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Брансфилд, Майкл Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Bransfield"
    title: "Michael J. Bransfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1928067"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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