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<!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000565. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''John Joseph Cochran''' ([[August 11]], [[1880]] - [[March 6]], [[1947]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Missouri]].
[[Image:Franciscardinalgeorge.jpg|thumb|300px|Cardinal George is the current Archbishop of Chicago. He is also the first native Chicagoan to assume the office.]]
'''His Eminence Francis Eugene Cardinal George''', O.M.I. (Oblates of Mary Immaculate order) (born [[January 16]], [[1937]] in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Illinois]]) is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[archbishop]]. He currently serves as the [[Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago|Archbishop of Chicago]] and was elevated to [[Cardinal]] by [[Pope John Paul II]]. The Cardinal is one of the most important members of the body of American bishops, and is in charge of the second largest U.S. diocese- in terms of Catholic population- after Los Angeles. He had once served as prior provincial, or head, of the
American province of his order; before that, he taught at some noted American Catholic seminaries.
Born in Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, Cochran attended the public schools.
Cardinal George also served as the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Yakima|Bishop of Yakima]] and the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland|Archbishop of Portland]]. He speaks [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[German language|German]].
He was employed in the editorial department of various St. Louis newspapers for several years.
He served as assistant to the election commissioners of St. Louis 1911-1913.
<!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Secretary to Representative William L. Igoe 1913-1917 from 1918 to 1921.
<!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Private secretary to [[United States Senator]] William J. Stone and clerk to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the [[United States Senate]] in 1917 and 1918.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1921 at St. Louis, Missouri, but did not engage in extensive practice.
<!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Secretary to Representative Harry B. Hawes 1921-1926.
Cochran was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Harry B. Hawes and at the same time was elected to the Seventieth Congress.
==Early years==
He was reelected to the Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and Seventy-third Congresses.
He did not seek renomination in 1934, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for [[United States Senator]] against [[Harry S. Truman]].
He subsequently was nominated by convention and elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress.
He was reelected to the Seventy-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses.
He served from [[November 2]], [[1926]], to [[January 3]], [[1947]].
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (Seventy-second through Seventy-sixth Congresses), Committee on Accounts (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-ninth Congresses).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.
He died in St. Louis, Missouri, [[March 6]], [[1947]].
He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
==Source==
Born in Chicago to Francis J. and Julia R. McCarthy George, he attended St. Pascal Grade School on the city's northwest side. Cardinal George then enrolled at St. Henry Preparatory Seminary in [[Belleville, Illinois]] before joining the religious order of the [[Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate]] on [[August 14]], [[1957]]. He was sent to the [[University of Ottawa]] in [[Canada]] to study [[theology]] before being [[Holy Orders|ordained]] to the priesthood on [[December 21]], [[1963]]. Ordination took place at his home parish of St. Pascal Church by Bishop Raymond Hillinger. Cardinal George has been afflicted with polio for many years; recently, he was taken to a hospital for a heart-related concern and was soon released.
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==Father of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate==
Father George's religious order sent him to [[The Catholic University of America|Catholic University of America]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] where he earned a master's degree in [[philosophy]] in [[1965]] and where he is now a member of the [[Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America|Board of Trustees]]. He then attended classes at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] where he obtained a doctorate in American philosophy in [[1970]]. Father George then returned to the University of Ottawa to obtain a [[master's degree]] in theology in [[1971]].
While studying for college, Father George at the same time taught philosophy at Oblate Seminary in [[Pass Christian, Mississippi]] from [[1964]] to [[1969]], at Tulane in [[1968]] and at [[Creighton University]] in [[Omaha, Nebraska]] from [[1969]] to [[1973]].
Upon his departure from Creighton, Father George served as Provincial Superior of the Midwestern Province for the Oblates in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] for a year. He was then elected Vicar General of the Oblates and served in [[Rome]] through [[1986]]. It was in Rome that Father George obtained his [[Doctor of Sacred Theology|Doctorate of Sacred Theology]] from the [[Pontifical Urban University]] in [[1988]].
==Early episcopate==
[[Pope John Paul II]] appointed Father George the fifth Bishop of Yakima in [[Washington]] state on [[July 10]], [[1990]]. He was ordained and installed on [[September 21]] in [[St. Paul Cathedral]]. He served Yakima for five and a half years.
Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop George to become the ninth Archbishop of Portland in [[Oregon]] on [[April 30]], [[1996]]. He was installed in a ceremony on [[May 27]].
==Archbishop of Chicago==
On [[April 8]], [[1997]], Pope John Paul II appointed Archbishop George to become the eighth Archbishop of Chicago to fill a vacancy left by the death of the much beloved [[Joseph Cardinal Bernardin]] on [[November 14]], [[1996]]. On [[May 7]] after his appointment, the [[Nunciature to the United States of America|Apostolic Pro-Nuncio]] [[Agostino Cacciavillan]] installed Archbishop George in [[Holy Name Cathedral]]. On [[January 18]], [[1998]], Pope John Paul II announced Archbishop George's elevation to the [[Sacred College of Cardinals]] with the title of ''[[Cardinal Priest]] of [[San Bartolomeo all'Isola]]''. Newly named Cardinal George was awarded the privileges of the scarlet vestments and [[biretta]] in [[consistory]] at the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] on [[February 21]].
George was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2005|2005 papal conclave]] that selected [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. George was an influential voice in that conclave. He will be eligible to participate in any future papal conclaves that occur before [[January 16]], [[2017]] when he will reach his 80<sup>th</sup> birthday. Cardinal George publishes a locally well-read column weekly in the Chicago archdiocesan newspaper, The Catholic New World, called The Cardinal's Column. As Cardinal Bernardin referred to himself as "Joseph your brother", George refers to himself as "Francis your neighbor". At the conclave, he, like
Cardinal Rigali of Philadelphia, was known as a 'conservative' supporter of Benedict- saying afterward in a press conference, "It was a choice that was apparent almost immediately."
===Clergy Abuse Scandals===
The Archdiocese of Chicago has not been immune from the clergy abuse scandals that have rocked the church in recent years. Prior to the election of Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal George had spoken with then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger and asked for his assistance in the matter. After the election of Benedict XVI, the new Pope told Cardinal George that he remembered their previous conversation and that he would attend to the matter.
While George has had to deal with the fallout from clergy sexual abuse cases from many years ago, he has come under fire for his actions duing a recent abuse case. George acknowledged that he had made mistakes in the case of Rev. Daniel McCormack, who was charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse on [[January 21]], [[2006]]. It is alleged that McCormack had abused two boys repeatedly from 2001 to 2005. Cardinal George has faced criticism for allowing McCormack to remain at his post after allegations first surfaced in August of 2005. At the time prosecutors were not able to move forward because there was not enough evidence. Instead McCormack was told to not have any unsupervised contact with minors and had a personal monitor assigned to him. Cardinal George has since indicated that had he known several months ago what he knew now that he would've removed McCormack from his duties right away. Cardinal George took some responsibility for the matter, saying, ''"The sins of priests and bishops destroy the church, and I think that's what we're seeing here."''[http://www.thonline.com/story_news_illinois.cfm?ID=106830&CFID=42357&CFTOKEN=2cf1898d2b405f68-16C8ECDE-EB54-F64B-4D7E6F68125C3250]. Following this incident, the procedures for reporting abuse in Chicago were reportedly reevaluated by a panel and their importance was stressed, as one would expect following the matter.
===Health Concerns===
The [[Archdiocese of Chicago]] anounced on Wednesday, [[July 26]]th, [[2006]] that Cardinal George had bladder [[bladder cancer|cancer]], also that he had spoken to archdiocesan officials, and would undergo surgery the next day at [[Loyola University Chicago|Loyola University]] Medical Center in [[Maywood]], west of Chicago.
His personal physician, Reverend [[Myles Sheehan]], [[S.J.]], [[M.D.]], a Jesuit priest, said that there was a drop in blood pressure after the surgery and some bleeding in a small blood vessel, but that the Cardinal had only suffered only minor complications.
Cardinal George was released recently and will not need [[chemotherapy]] or [[radiation]] because the bladder cancer, while an aggressive type, was strictly confined to the bladder and a ureter as a [[carcinoma]] [[in situ]] and had not spread to lymph nodes or otherwise extensively spread by [[metastasis]]. He was recently released, eating and not needing an indwelling [[catheter]] or other artificial system because a new bladder was reconstructed from some intestinal [[Biological_tissue|tissue]]. He will be undergoing [[physical therapy]] and rehabilitation at his residence to regain full use of a leg stricken by his childhood bout with polio, and is on a walker.
He is attending to certain affairs with the archdiocese's [[vicar general]], Rev. [[John Canary]], whom he designated to attend to daily affairs while he recuperates; he will resume certain limited functions from the residence soon, followed by his regular schedule after [[September 2006]]. He has a favorable prognosis for recovery, and is recuperating at his
residence. He traveled to Rome on Sunday, October 15, 2006, to concelebrate the canonization
Mass of Indiana's first saint, Rev. Mother Theodore Guerin, S.P. (Sisters of Providence), and three other new saints. He
also resumed writing his column in the archdiocesan newspaper.
==References==
1. Associated Press: ''George admits errors handling recent sexual-abuse charges''. [http://www.thonline.com/story_news_illinois.cfm?ID=106830&CFID=42357&CFTOKEN=2cf1898d2b405f68-16C8ECDE-EB54-F64B-4D7E6F68125C3250 Article] from the [[Dubuque, Iowa|Dubuque]] [[Telegraph Herald]] [http://www.thonline.com web site]. Date Accessed: [[January 29]], [[2006]]. 2006: The Associated Press.
==Duties in the Roman Curia==
[[Image:coatofarmscardinalfrancisgeorge.jpg|thumb|126px|Arms of Cardinal George]]
Pope John Paul II appointed Cardinal George to several offices of the [[Roman Curia]]:
*[[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]]
*[[Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life]]
*[[Pontifical Council]]
*[[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]]
*[[Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church]]
*[[Congregation for Oriental Churches]]
*[[Pontifical Council for Culture]].
Cardinal George had been mentioned as potential candidate to succeed [[Pope Benedict XVI]] as [[Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith|Prefect]] of the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]]. However, Benedict appointed the [[Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco|Archbishop of San Francisco]], [[William Cardinal Levada|William Joseph Levada]], to fill that office.
== Episcopal Succession ==
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| date of consecration=[[September 21]] [[1990]]
| consecrated by=[[Agostino Cardinal Cacciavillan]]
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| bishop 1=[[Joseph Perry (bishop)|Joseph Perry]]
| consecration date 1=[[June 29]] [[1998]]
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| bishop 2=[[George Joseph Lucas]]
| consecration date 2=[[December 13]] [[1999]]
| bishopconsecrated3 = bishopconsecrated3
| bishop 3=[[Jerome Edward Listecki]]
| consecration date 3=[[January 8]] [[2001]]
| bishopconsecrated4 = bishopconsecrated4
| bishop 4=[[Francis Joseph Kane]]
| consecration date 4=[[March 19]] [[2003]]
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| bishop 5=[[Thomas John Paprocki]]
| consecration date 5=[[March 19]] [[2003]]
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| consecration date 6=[[March 19]] [[2003]]
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== External links ==
* [http://cardinalgeorge.blogspot.com Cardinal George Fanclub] - News Coverage, Commentary & Resources
* [http://www.archchicago.org/cardinal/cardinal.shtm Archdiocese of Chicago] - official site
* [http://www.catholicnewworld.com/ Catholic New World Newspaper]
* [http://www.archdiocese-chgo.org/parishdirec/list.shtm Parish Directory]
* [http://schools.archdiocese-chgo.org/ Schools Directory]
* [http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=134 Cardinal George's catholic-pages bio]
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