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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…

Chicago’s first Archbishop was Patrick Augustine Feehan. Feehan was born in Killenaule, County Tipperary in Ireland in 1829. After moving to the United States, Feehan served as a bishop in Nashville before accepting the Archbishop position in the…

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…