Samuel Stritch
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Samuel Alphonsius Cardinal Stritch (August 17, 1887–May 27, 1958) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago from 1940 to 1958.
Stritch was born in Nashville, Tennessee, one of eight children to Garrett Stritch, the manager of Sycamore Mills in Nashville, and Catherine Malley, both of Irish ancestry. He was ordained a priest by Pietro Cardinal Respighi on May 21, 1910, in Nashville. On August 10, 1921, he was appointed Bishop of Toledo in Ohio, by Archbishop Henry Moeller, and installed on November 30. He was appointed Archbishop of Milwaukee on August 26, 1930, and installed November 19, before being appointed Archbishop of Chicago, on December 27, 1939, and installed January 3, 1940.
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Chicago |
He received the red hat of a Cardinal (with the title of S. Agnese fuori le mura) on February 18, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. On March 1, 1958, he was appointed Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of Faith, thus became first American member of the Roman Curia. He was called to Rome, where he died at the age of 70 on May 27, 1958.
He is interred in the Bishops' Mausoleum at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois. Cardinal Stritch was succeeded as Archbishop of Chicago by Albert Cardinal Meyer; and as Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith by Grégoire-Pierre Cardinal Agagianian. Entertainer Elaine Stritch is his niece. Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee is named for him, as are Cardinal Stritch High School in Oregon, Ohio, a junior and senior high school in Keokuk, Iowa, and Loyola University Chicago's school of medicine.
[edit] See also
- List of Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Chicago
- List of Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Milwaukee
| Preceded by Joseph Schrembs |
Bishop of Toledo 1921–1930 |
Succeeded by Karl Joseph Alter |
| Preceded by George Cardinal Mundelein |
Archbishop of Chicago 1940–1958 |
Succeeded by Albert Cardinal Meyer |
| Preceded by Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi as Prefect |
Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith 1958 |
Succeeded by Grégoire-Pierre Cardinal Agagianian |
