# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werenfried-van-straaten
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:46:33.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werenfried-van-straaten"
name: "Werenfried van Straaten"
slug: "werenfried-van-straaten"
description: "Werenfried van Straaten, born Philippus Johannes Hendricus van Straaten O. Praem., was a Dutch Catholic priest and social activist. He was a Premonstratensian priest expatriate in Germany, who became known for his charitable work across the world. He was the founder of the Catholic charity \"Aid to the Church in Need\"."
tagline: "Dutch priest and activist (1913-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Father_Werenfried_van_Straaten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1913-01-17"
deathDate: "2003-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.51
  momentum:             0.8708272859216255
  historical:           11.826964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werenfried_van_Straaten"
    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werenfried_van_Straaten"
    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werenfried_van_Straaten"
    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werenfried_van_Straaten"
    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werenfried_van_Straaten"
    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werenfried_van_Straaten"
    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werenfried_van_Straaten"
    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werenfried_van_Straaten"
    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werenfried_van_Straaten"
    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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    title: "Werenfried van Straaten"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Werenfried_van_Straaten"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump