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George William Mundelein, later George Cardinal Mundelein, (July 2, 1872–October 2, 1939) was an American prelate who served as the eighth bishop and third archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago, serving in that post from 1915 to 1939.
as born on July 20, 1872 in New York City
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 to a family of German
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 ancestry, educated at La Salle Academy
La Salle Academy

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 in New York, Manhattan College
Manhattan College

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, St. Vincent Seminary
Saint Vincent Seminary

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, in Rome
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, and ordained a priest on June 8, 1895 in the Diocese of Brooklyn.






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George William Mundelein, later George Cardinal Mundelein, (July 2, 1872–October 2, 1939) was an American prelate who served as the eighth bishop and third archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago, serving in that post from 1915 to 1939.

Biography

He was born on July 20, 1872 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 to a family of German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 ancestry, educated at La Salle Academy
La Salle Academy

La Salle Academy is a private school high school in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York....
 in New York, Manhattan College
Manhattan College

Manhattan College is a Catholic school Liberal arts colleges in the United States in the Lasallian tradition in New York City. Despite the college's name, it is no longer located in Manhattan but in the Riverdale, Bronx section of the Bronx, and roughly 10 miles north of Midtown Manhattan....
, St. Vincent Seminary
Saint Vincent Seminary

Saint Vincent Seminary is the fourth oldest Roman Catholic seminary in the United States and is located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, forty miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
, in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, and ordained a priest on June 8, 1895 in the Diocese of Brooklyn. From 1895 to 1909, he served in various posts in the Brooklyn Diocese. On June 30, 1909, Pope Pius X
Pope Pius X

Pope St. Pius X , born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914, succeeding Pope Leo XIII ....
 appointed Mundelein Titular Bishop of Loryma and Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, which includes territory that was previously part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, was established as a separate diocese in 1853 when Brooklyn was a separate city from New York City....
, in Brooklyn, New York, where he was ordained a bishop on September 21, 1909. Pope Benedict XV
Pope Benedict XV

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 appointed him Archbishop of Chicago, on December 9, 1915, and was installed February 9, 1916. He was elevated to Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior Ecclesiology official, usually a Bishop , of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope....
 on March 24, 1924, and served as archbishop until his death at the age of 67.

During his tenure at the Archdiocese of Chicago, Mundelein launched an effort to unify ethnic Catholic groups such as the Poles and Italians into territorial, instead of ethnic, parishes with mixed success. St. Monica's (Colored) parish, however, was endorsed by Mundelein as the city's sole black parish, leading to distaste for the Archbishop in both the early 1900's and today. After constructing the landmark Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary
Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary

Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary was a United States high school administered by the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago for young men considering the priesthood....
 in Chicago, Mundelein built St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Area, now Mundelein, Illinois. Quigley Seminary was the site of Mundelein's 1937 "Paper hanger
Paper hanger (Mundelein's speech)

Hitler as "paper hanger" In his Paper hanger talk to 500 priests of his Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, at the Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, in Chicago, Illinois, on May 18,1937, Cardinal George Cardinal Mundelein made these observations on the tragic transformation of Germany public opinion:...
" speech, criticizing Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

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.

The archdiocese greatly expanded its charity functions during the Great Depression
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, rivalling that of Chicago's Associated Jewish Charities
Jewish United Fund

The Jewish United Fund / Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago is the umbrella Jewish organization in Chicago, Illinois, Illinois. Founded in April 1900 under the name Associated Jewish Charities, the JUF has served as a major center for the Jewish community in the metropolitan Chicago area....
. A city-wide network of St. Vincent de Paul Societies was established.

See also

  • Mundelein College
    Mundelein College

    Mundelein College was the last private, independent, Roman Catholic Women's colleges in the United States in Illinois. Located on the edge of the Rogers Park, Chicago and Edgewater, Chicago neighborhoods on the far north side of Chicago, Illinois, Mundelein College was founded and administered by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin...
  • Mundelein, Illinois
    Mundelein, Illinois

    Mundelein is a village in Lake County, Illinois, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2000 census , the village population was 30,935, and estimated to be 32,774 as of 2005....