# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-j-swain
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:24:03.051Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-j-swain"
name: "Paul J. Swain"
slug: "paul-j-swain"
description: "Paul Joseph Swain was an American bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Sioux Falls in South Dakota from 2006 to 2019."
tagline: "Catholic bishop (1943–2022)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Coat_of_arms_of_Paul_Joseph_Swain.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_Paul_Joseph_Swain.svg.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1943-09-12"
deathDate: "2022-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.16
  momentum:             1.121495327102804
  historical:           8.537617333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بول جوزيف سوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "پول جاى سوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Joseph_Swain"
    title: "Paul Joseph Swain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_J._Swain"
    title: "Paul J. Swain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Joseph_Swain"
    title: "Paul Joseph Swain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Swain"
    title: "Paul Swain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_J._Swain"
    title: "Paul J. Swain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Joseph_Swain"
    title: "Paul Joseph Swain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Swain"
    title: "Paul Swain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2060483"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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