# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-benedict-friend
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:03:32.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-benedict-friend"
name: "William Benedict Friend"
slug: "william-benedict-friend"
description: "William Benedict Friend was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Shreveport in Louisiana from 1986 to 2006. He previously served as auxiliary bishop and then bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport from 1979 to 1986."
tagline: "American Catholic bishop (1931-2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/William_Benedict_Friend.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1931-10-22"
deathDate: "2015-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.8
  momentum:             6.583333333333334
  historical:           4.803132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ويليام بيندكت فريند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ويليام بيندكت فريند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Benedict_Friend"
    title: "William Benedict Friend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Benedict_Friend"
    title: "William Benedict Friend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Friend"
    title: "William Friend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8005381"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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