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Samuel Alphonsius Stritch (August 17, 1887 – May 27, 1958) was an American Cardinal prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1940 to 1958 and as pro-prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Propagation of the Faith from March 1958 until his death two months later.
Samuel Alphonsius Stritch (August 17, 1887—May 27, 1958) was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1940 to 1958 and as Pro-Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Propagation of the Faith from March 1958 until his death later that year.
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch † Deceased Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
- August 17, 1887
- May 27, 1958
A decade after that, in 1940, the Most Rev. Samuel Alphonsus Stritch became Archbishop of the largest Roman Catholic archdiocese in the U.S.—Chicago—and six years later he was elevated to...
Sep 6, 2017 · Cardinal Samuel Stritch blesses palms at Holy Name Cathedral on Palm Sunday, April 3, 1953. He was the first American to lead a Vatican department as prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (now known as the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples).
Nov 15, 2014 · Samuel Stritch. Archbishop of Milwaukee before holding the same office in Chicago, Stritch was made a cardinal in 1946. Stritch’s tenure was marked by a rightward shift from Cardinal...
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STRITCH, SAMUEL ALPHONSUS. Cardinal archbishop of Chicago; b. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1887; d. Rome, May 27, 1958. He was the seventh of eight children of Garrett Stritch, a native of Ireland, and of Katherine (Malley) Stritch, born in America of Irish parents.
