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Francis Eugene George

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Francis Eugene George
OMI
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago
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Cardinal George at the May 2011 inauguration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel
See Chicago (Emeritus)
Appointed April 8, 1997
Installed May 7, 1997
Term ended November 18, 2014
Predecessor Joseph Bernardin
Successor Blase J. Cupich
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all'Isola
Orders
Ordination December 21, 1963
by Raymond Peter Hillinger
Consecration September 21, 1990
by Agostino Cacciavillan
Created Cardinal February 21, 1998
by John Paul II
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name Francis Eugene George
Born (1937-01-16)January 16, 1937
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died April 17, 2015(2015-04-17) (aged 78)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Buried All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois
Nationality American
Denomination Roman Catholic
Parents Francis J. and Julia R. (nee McCarthy) George
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Motto Christo Gloria in Ecclesia
(To Christ be Glory in the Church)
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Francis Eugene George OMI (January 16, 1937 – April 17, 2015) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago. He was the eighth Archbishop of Chicago (1997–2014) and previously served as Bishop of Yakima (1990–1996) and Archbishop of Portland, Oregon (1996–1997).

A member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, George was created a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 1998. He served as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2007 to 2010.

On September 20, 2014, Pope Francis accepted George's resignation and appointed Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Washington, to succeed him as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago. In this unusual circumstance, George was permitted to remain as the incumbent archbishop until Cupich was installed to succeed him on November 18, 2014. He was initially diagnosed with cancer in 2006, and died from the disease in 2015.

Francis George was born on January 16, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, to Francis J. and Julia R. (née McCarthy) George. He has an older sister, Margaret. He received his early education at the parochial school of St. Pascal Church in Chicago's Northwest Side.

George contracted polio at age 13. Due to his disability, he was rejected by Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, and instead enrolled at St. Henry Preparatory Seminary in Belleville, a high school seminary of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He joined the Missionary Oblates on August 14, 1957. He continued his studies at the Oblates novitiate in Godfrey before entering Our Lady of the Snows Seminary in Pass Christian, Mississippi.


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