Aloisius Joseph Muench

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Aloisius Joseph Muench (February 18, 1889 – February 15, 1962) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 8, 1916 for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. On August 10, 1935, he was appointed Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota. On October 15, 1935, he was consecrated as a Roman Catholic bishop. He was installed as Bishop of Fargo on November 6, 1935. In 1946 - 1949, Bishop Muench served as military vicar delegate of the United States armed forces; in 1949 - 1951, Bishop Muench was the regent of the nunciature in Germany. On March 9, 1951, Pope Pius XII appointed Bishop Muench as papal nuncio to Germany with the personal title of archbishop. He was made a United States cardinal on December 14, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. He was a member of K.D.St.V. Teutonia Fribourg (Switzerland), a Catholic student fraternity that belongs to the Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen.

He resigned as Bishop of Fargo on December 9, 1959 just before he became Cardinal. Cardinal Muench died in Rome and was buried in Fargo, North Dakota.

[edit] Episcopal Succession

Episcopal Lineage
Consecrated by:	Amleto Cardinal Cicognani
Date of consecration:	October 15, 1935
Consecrator of
Bishop	Date of consecration
Vincent James Ryan	May 28, 1940
William Theodore Mulloy	January 10, 1945
Johannes Bydolek	September 21, 1949
Matthias Wehr	October 29, 1951
Opilio Cardinal Rossi	December 27, 1953

[edit] Sources

• Barry, Colman James, American Nuncio: Cardinal Aloisius Muench, (1969).