# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-vincent-whelan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:16:10.643Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-vincent-whelan"
name: "Richard Vincent Whelan"
slug: "richard-vincent-whelan"
description: "Richard Vincent Whelan was an American Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Wheeling in Virginia from 1850 to 1874. He previously served as bishop of Richmond in Virginia from 1841 to 1850."
tagline: "American Roman Catholic bishop (1809-1874)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/20/Bishop_Richard_Vincent_Whelan.jpg/330px-Bishop_Richard_Vincent_Whelan.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1809-01-28"
deathDate: "1874-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.96
  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           6.135601333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Richard Vincent Whelan"
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    title: "Richard Vincent Whelan"
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    title: "ريتشارد فنسنت ويلان"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Vincent Whelan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уилан, Ричард Винсент"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump