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Francis Eugene George OMI (January 16, 1937 – April 17, 2015) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church.He was the eighth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois (1997–2014) and previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Yakima in Washington State and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.
Choir dress of a cardinal, in scarlet Cardinals are senior members of the clergy of the Catholic Church who are titular clergy of the Diocese of Rome, thereby serving as the primary advisors to the Bishop of Rome. They are almost always bishops and generally hold important roles within the church, such as leading prominent archdioceses or heading dicasteries within the Roman Curia. Cardinals ...
6346 N Ridge Ave, Chicago: Croatian Catholic mission established in 1972; formerly St. Henry parish church built in 1906 [17] [18] St. Gertrude 6200 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago Parish founded in 1912; current church dedicated in 1931 [19] St. Gregory the Great 5545 N Paulina St, Chicago Founded in 1904 St. Henry 6325 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago
George Cardinal Mundelein The Eighth National Eucharistic Congress was a Roman Catholic eucharistic congress held from October 17–20, 1938 ( 1938-10-17 – 1938-10-20 ) in the U.S. city of New Orleans , Louisiana , meant to foster devotion to the sacrament of the Eucharist .
Chicago Catholic is the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Chicago.The publication was known as Chicago New World prior to a name change in January 2017. [1]It provides news, analysis and commentary about the church at the world, national, and local levels and about issues of concern to the Catholic community.
Catholic cyberspace melted down during Lent in 2022 as cardinals circulated a letter from "Demos" — Greek for "people" — an anonymous scribe claiming that "this pontificate is a disaster in ...
The church serves as the episcopal seat of the current Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich. Dedicated on November 21, 1875, Holy Name Cathedral replaced the Cathedral of Saint Mary and the Church of the Holy Name, which were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
The first minor seminary in Chicago was Cathedral College of the Sacred Heart. When bishop James Quigley was appointed archbishop of Chicago in 1903, the archdiocese had only 417 diocesan priests and 149 religious order priests to serve 252 parishes. Anticipating the need for more priests, Quigley formulated plans for Cathedral College, to be ...