# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-wakefield-baum
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:53:02.064Z

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name: "William Wakefield Baum"
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description: "William Wakefield Baum was an American Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau in Missouri and archbishop of Washington in the District of Columbia. He then served in the Roman Curia as prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education and the major penitentiary."
tagline: "American Catholic cardinal (1926–2015)"
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birthDate: "1926-11-21"
deathDate: "2015-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump