Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index George Mundelein, later George Cardinal Mundelein, (July 2, 1872 - October 2, 1939) was the eight bishop (third archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chicago, serving from 1915 to 1939 (succeeded Archbishop James Edward Quigley). He was born on July 20, 1872 in New York City to a family of German ancestry, and ordained a priest on June 8, 1895 in the Diocese of Brooklyn. On June 30, 1909 he was appointed Titular Bishop of Loryma and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York where he was ordained a bishop on September 21, 1909. He was appointed Archbishop of Chicago, on December 9, 1915 and installed February 9, 1916. He was elevated to Cardinal on March 24, 1924, and served as archbishop until his death at the age of 67. see List of Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Chicago This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.