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Cardinal George
   
  HIS EMINENCE
FRANCIS CARDINAL GEORGE, O.M.I.
ARCHBISHOP OF CHICAGO
 
     
 
CARDINAL GEORGE, O.M.I.Born: January 16, 1937
Entered Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate:
August 14, 1957
Ordained a Priest:
December 21, 1963
Appointed as Fifth Bishop of Yakima:
July 10, 1990
Ordained and Installed as Bishop:
September 21, 1990
Appointed as Ninth Archbishop of Portland in Oregon:  
April 30, 1996
Installed as Archbishop:
May 27, 1996
Appointed as Eighth Archbishop of Chicago:
April 8, 1997
Installed as Archbishop:
May 7, 1997
Named Cardinal by Pope John Paul II:  
January 18,1998
Created Cardinal Priest in Consistory:
February 21, 1998
 
 

 

 
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