# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shawn-mcknight
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:12:48.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shawn-mcknight"
name: "Shawn McKnight"
slug: "shawn-mcknight"
description: "William Shawn McKnight is an American Catholic prelate serving as the Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas since 2025. He previously served as Bishop of Jefferson City from 2017 to 2025."
tagline: "American Catholic archbishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/His_Excellency_Most_Reverend_W._Shawn_McKnight_Bishop_Ordination_Diocese_of_Jefferson_City_February_6_2018_Praying.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1968-06-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.3
  momentum:             1.669595782073814
  historical:           7.223904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Shawn McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "شون ماكنايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_McKnight"
    title: "Shawn McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shawn_McKnight"
    title: "William Shawn McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_McKnight"
    title: "Shawn McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shawn_McKnight"
    title: "William Shawn McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shawn_McKnight"
    title: "William Shawn McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_McKnight"
    title: "Shawn McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43377050"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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