# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-guizar-y-valencia
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:07:32.357Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-guizar-y-valencia"
name: "Rafael Guízar y Valencia"
slug: "rafael-guizar-y-valencia"
description: "Rafael Guízar y Valencia was a Mexican bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who was persecuted during the Mexican Revolution. Named Bishop of Xalapa in 1919, he was driven out of his diocese and forced to live the remainder of his life in hiding in Mexico City. Pope Benedict XVI canonized Guízar on 15 October 2006."
tagline: "Catholic bishop and saint (1878–1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rafael_Gu%C3%ADzar_y_Valencia_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
birthDate: "1878-04-26"
deathDate: "1938-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.7
  momentum:             0.6660936828534595
  historical:           13.62268533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rafaelguizar.org/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "رافائيل جيزار وفالنسيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafael Guízar y Valencia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafael Guízar Valencia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Gu%C3%ADzar_y_Valencia"
    title: "Rafael Guízar y Valencia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Gu%C3%ADzar_y_Valencia"
    title: "Rafael Guízar y Valencia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapha%C3%ABl_Gu%C3%ADzar_Valencia"
    title: "Raphaël Guízar Valencia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Gu%C3%ADzar_y_Valencia"
    title: "Rafael Guízar y Valencia"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Gu%C3%ADzar_Valencia"
    title: "Rafael Guízar Valencia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafa%C3%ABl_Gu%C3%ADzar_y_Valencia"
    title: "Rafaël Guízar y Valencia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafał Guízar Valencia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Gu%C3%ADzar_y_Valencia"
    title: "Rafael Guízar y Valencia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Gu%C3%ADzar_Valencia"
    title: "Rafael Guízar Valencia"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Гисар Валенсия, Рафаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rafael Guízar Valencia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafaeli_Guizar"
    title: "Rafaeli Guizar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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