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Parish and Church Locations Established Under Archbishop Albert Gregory Meyer (1958-1965)
Archbishop Albert Gregory Meyer (1958-1965) was appointed Archbishop of Chicago in November 1958. Meyer was a participant in the first three sessions of the Vatican II council from 1962-64 and was a member of its Board of Presidency. During the…
Parish and Church Locations Established Under Archbishop Feehan, First Part of Term (1880-1886)
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…
Parish and Church Locations Established Under Archbishop Feehan, Second Term (1893-1902)
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…
Parish and Church Locations Established Under Archbishop John Patrick Cody (1965-1982)
Archbishop John Cody (1965-1982) was appointed Archbishop of Chicago in June of 1965 and spent most of his time in Chicago under public scrutiny. Federal investigations took place under the allegations that Archbishop Cody mishandled church funds and…
Parish and Church Locations established under Archbishop Quigley, 2nd half of term (1908-1914)
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…
Parish and Church Locations Established Under Archbishop Samuel Stritch (1940-1958)
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…
Parish and Church Locations Established Under Cardinal Mundelein
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…
Parish and Church locations under Archbishop James E. Quigley (first half of his term; 1903-1908)
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…