# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-jerome-welsh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:13:21.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-jerome-welsh"
name: "Thomas Jerome Welsh"
slug: "thomas-jerome-welsh"
description: "Thomas Jerome Welsh was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania (1970–1974), as bishop of the Diocese of Arlington in Virginia (1974–1983) and as bishop of the Diocese of Allentown in Pennsylvania (1983–1997)."
tagline: "Roman Catholic bishop (1921–2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Thomas_Welsh_%28bishop%29.webp"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1921-12-20"
deathDate: "2009-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.31
  momentum:             8.384615384615385
  historical:           7.00432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jerome_Welsh"
    title: "Thomas Jerome Welsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B4_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A)"
    title: "توماس ولش (كاهن كاثوليكي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B4"
    title: "توماس ولش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jerome_Welsh"
    title: "Thomas Jerome Welsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Welsh_(bishop)"
    title: "Thomas Welsh (bishop)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jerome_Welsh"
    title: "Thomas Jerome Welsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Welsh_(uskup)"
    title: "Thomas Welsh (uskup)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jerome_Welsh"
    title: "Thomas Jerome Welsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2425115"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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