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James Edward Quigley was appointed to the position of archbishop in December of 1902, and against his own wishes. He had been a bishop in Buffalo, New York before the appointment, and wrote a letter to Rome asking to keep his position as it was. In…

George Mundelein administered the Catholic church in Chicago from 1916 to 1939, becoming a cardinal in 1924. He wanted Catholic churches in Chicago to become fully American, while remaining distinctively Catholic. He did this by applying American…

Reigning from 1880-1902 as the first Archbishop of Chicago, Patrick A. Feehan was quite successful in his expansion of Chicago's churches, especially after the Great Fire of 1871 had destroyed many of them. Under his second term (1893-1902), 36…

Archbishop Samuel Stritch (1940-1958) was appointed Archbishop of Chicago in December 1939 and was an advocate for Catholic Action and the Catholic Youth Organization. When he was appointed archbishop, Stritch was to serve 422 parishes in the entire…

Succeeding Archbishop Patrick A. Feehan, Archbishop James Edward Quigley became the Archbishop in 1903. Born in Canada in 1855, Quigley was ordained in Rome and was a consecrated Bishop of Buffalo until he was transferred to Chicago. This period in…