Samuel Stritch
Catholic cardinal
Died when: 70 years 283 days (849 months)Star Sign: Leo
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.
He was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Pius XII in 1946.
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