Aloisius Joseph Muench
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His Eminence Aloisius Joseph Muench |
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Muench (center) in Bonn in 1959
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| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota |
| See | Bishop of Fargo |
| Installed | November 6, 1935 |
| Term ended | December 9, 1959 |
| Predecessor | James O'Reilly |
| Successor | Leo Dworschak |
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| Ordination | June 8, 1916 |
| Consecration | October 15, 1935 |
| Created Cardinal | December 14, 1959 |
| Rank | Cardinal-priest |
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February 18, 1889 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Died | February 15, 1962 (aged 72) Rome, Italy |
| Buried | Fargo, North Dakota |
| Nationality | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Ordination history of Aloisius Joseph Muench | |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Amleto Giovanni Cicognani |
| Date of consecration | October 15, 1935 |
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Bishops consecrated by Aloisius Joseph Muench as principal consecrator
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| Vincent James Ryan | May 28, 1940 |
| William Theodore Mulloy | January 10, 1945 |
| Johannes Bydolek | September 21, 1949 |
| Matthias Wehr | October 29, 1951 |
| Opilio Rossi | December 27, 1953 |
Aloisius Joseph Muench (February 18, 1889 – February 15, 1962) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Fargo from 1935 to 1959, and as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany from 1951 to 1959. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1959.
Muench was the most powerful American Catholic and Vatican representative in Allied-occupied Germany and subsequently in West Germany from 1946 to 1959 as the liaison between the U.S. Office of Military Government and the German Catholic Church in the American occupation zone (1946–1949), Pope Pius XII's apostolic visitor to Germany (1946–1947), the Vatican relief officer in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany (1947–1949), regent in Kronberg (1949–1951), as well as nuncio to Germany.
Muench was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Joseph Muench and Theresa Kraus on February 18, 1889, the first of seven surviving children. His father's ancestors were from Sankt Kathrina, along the Bavarian–Austrian border. His father, a baker, emigrated to Milwaukee at age 18 in 1882. His mother was born in Kemnath in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria and emigrated to Milwaukee in 1882 at age 14; Muench's parents married in 1888.
The family lived on the north side of Milwaukee among other German Catholic immigrants, his parents speaking only German in the home. Muench began his training for the priesthood at age 14, entering Saint Francis Seminary in 1904. He was ordained on June 8, 1916 in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and assigned to Saint Michael's parish.
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