John Krol
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His Eminence John Joseph Krol |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia | |
Ronald Reagan hosted the Cardinal in the Oval Office in 1981
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| See | Philadelphia |
| Appointed | February 11, 1961 |
| Installed | March 22, 1961 |
| Term ended | February 11, 1988 |
| Predecessor | John Francis O'Hara |
| Successor | Anthony Bevilacqua |
| Other posts | Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani |
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| Ordination | February 20, 1937 by Joseph Schrembs |
| Consecration | July 11, 1953 by Amleto Giovanni Cicognani |
| Created Cardinal | June 26, 1967 by Paul VI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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October 26, 1910 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died | March 3, 1996 (aged 85) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Motto | DEUS REX MEUS(GOD IS MY KING) |
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Styles of John Krol |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Philadelphia |
| Ordination history of John Krol | |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Amleto Giovanni Cicognani |
| Date of consecration | September 2, 1953 |
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Bishops consecrated by John Krol as principal consecrator
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| Joseph Thomas Daley | January 7, 1964 |
| John Joseph Graham | January 7, 1964 |
| Alfred Michael Watson | June 29, 1965 |
| Giovanni Enrico Boccella | April 17, 1968 |
| Martin Nicholas Lohmuller | April 2, 1970 |
| Thomas Jerome Welsh | April 2, 1970 |
| James Steven Rausch | April 26, 1973 |
| Michael Bosco Duraisamy | June 10, 1974 |
| Edward Thomas Hughes | July 21, 1976 |
| Louis Anthony DeSimone | August 12, 1981 |
| Francis Bible Schulte | August 12, 1981 |
| John Patrick Foley | May 8, 1984 |
John Joseph Krol (October 26, 1910 – March 3, 1996) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1961 to 1988, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland (1953–61). He was created a cardinal in 1967.
Krol was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the fourth of eight children of John and Anna (née Pietruszka) Krol. His parents were Polish immigrants who were originally from the Tatra Mountains. Krol's father held various occupations, working as a machinist, barber, carpenter, plumber and electrician; his mother worked as a maid at a hotel in Cleveland. At age 2, he and his family returned to Poland, but returned to Cleveland within a year. Krol received his early education at the parochial school of St. Hyacinth Church. At age 9, he went to work part-time as a butcher's helper. He later worked as a maker of wooden boxes.
Krol attended Cathedral Latin High School, graduating at age 16 in 1927. He then took a job as a butcher at a Kroger grocery store in Cleveland, where he became manager of the meat department at age 18. Religious questions from a Lutheran co-worker prompted Krol to more deeply study Catholic theology and eventually decide to enter the priesthood. He began his studies at St. Mary's College in Orchard Lake, Michigan. He later enrolled at St. Mary's Seminary in his native Cleveland. At St. Mary's, he also operated a small tobacco business, receiving shipments of defective cigars and then selling them to his fellow seminarians.
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