Charles Henry Colton (October 15, 1848 – May 9, 1915) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church . He served as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York from 1903 until his death.
23-611: Mundelein may refer to: George Mundelein , cardinal archbishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chicago, Illinois Mundelein, Illinois , a village in suburban Chicago named for George Cardinal Mundelein Mundelein College , a Roman Catholic college for women, located in Chicago Mundelein Seminary, a Roman Catholic seminary, officially known as
46-534: A police force while they paid but a pittance of wage to those who work for them. I hope that day has gone by. Our place is beside the workingman. Mundelein commented on the film industry in 1934, saying, "We don't like the Mae West type ... The kind of film in which Will Rogers , Janet Gaynor , and Victor Moore appear is what we have in mind." In 1935, Mundelein said "that not war, nor famine, nor pestilence have brought so much suffering and pain to
69-535: A bite or two of the soup and was unharmed. There were no fatalities. Newspapers later referred to the incident as the "Mundelein poison soup plot". Police were unable to apprehend Crones after the supper. Their investigation revealed that his real name was Nestor Dondoglio and that he belonged to the Galleanist circle of anarchists. Almost half the Chicago population was Catholic by the 1920s. For decades,
92-636: A voice in city hall, and Catholic William J. Bogan became superintendent of public schools. Pope Pius XI created Mundelein as cardinal-priest of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome during the consistory of March 24, 1924. With his elevation, Chicago became the first archdiocese west of the Allegheny Mountains to have a cardinal. In 1926, Mundelein presided over the 28th International Eucharistic Congress in Chicago. In 1933,
115-564: Is buried behind the main altar of the chapel at Mundelein Seminary, which was founded on his initiative. Considered a liberal , Mundelein was a friend of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a supporter of Roosevelt's New Deal initiative. A staunch supporter of trade unions , Mundelein once remarked: Selfish employers of labor have flattered the Church by calling it the great conservative force, and then called upon it to act as
138-657: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George Mundelein George William Mundelein (July 2, 1872 – October 2, 1939) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church . He served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1915 until his death and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1924. George Mundelein was born on Avenue C in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City . He
161-591: The Diocese of Buffalo , with the more experienced Bishop Dennis Dougherty becoming archbishop of Chicago. However, the British government reportedly objected to having a bishop of German ancestry in Chicago, so close to the Canadian border, during World War I . To placate them, Benedict XV named Dougherty to Buffalo and Mundelein to Chicago. Mundelein was formally installed as archbishop on February 9, 1916, and
184-627: The Latin school of St. Stephen's Parish in Manhattan. As a boy, he worked as a clerk in a dry goods store. In 1869, Colton entered St. Francis Xavier College in Manhattan, graduating in 1873. He then studied theology at St. Joseph's Seminary in Troy, New York. Colton was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York on June 10, 1876, at St. Joseph's. After his ordination,
207-677: The Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome . Mundelein was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Brooklyn by Bishop Charles McDonnell on June 8, 1895. After Mundelein returned to the United States, the Diocese assigned him to pastoral work in its parishes. He served as secretary to McDonnell until 1897. In 1897, Mundelein was appointed chancellor for the diocese. On June 30, 1909, Mundelein
230-741: The University of Saint Mary of the Lake Mundelein High School , a high school in Mundelein, Illinois Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mundelein . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mundelein&oldid=664867712 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
253-924: The see , such as the Saint Philip Neri church and the Corpus Christi Church, both designed by Chicago architect Joseph W. McCarthy . He publicly sparred with the Father Charles Coughlin , the Detroit Catholic priest who broadcast anti-banking and anti-Semitic views to millions of radio listeners until he was forced off the air in 1939. Charles H. Colton Charles Colton was born on June 10, 1876, in New York City to Patrick Smith and Teresa Augusta (née Mullin) Colton, both Irish immigrants. He received his early education at Public School No. 5 and
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#1732776433705276-705: The Vatican appointed Mundelein as judge for the apostolic process for Mother Frances Cabrini 's cause for canonization . Mundelein served as papal legate to the eighth National Eucharistic Congress in New Orleans, Louisiana , on September 13, 1938. He also served as a cardinal elector in the 1939 papal conclave that selected Pope Pius XII . Mundelein died from heart disease in his sleep on October 2, 1939, in Mundelein, Illinois (a village renamed in his own honor 14 years prior to his death), at age 67. He
299-590: The archdiocese assigned Colton as a curate at St. Stephen's under Father Edward McGlynn . He remained at St. Stephen's for ten years, also serving as a chaplain at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. In 1886, Colton was named pastor of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Port Chester, New York. In 1887, the archdiocese excommunicated McGlynn for his political activities. They returned Colton to St. Stephen's to assist Father Arthur Donnelly, who had been assigned as temporary administrator. Later that year, Colton assumed
322-503: The diocese was composed of 72 churches, 18 combination school-churches, 30 schools, 12 academies, 13 hospitals, and charitable institutions, six convents, and 28 rectories. On December 17, 1905, a gold cross was stolen from Colton after a church celebration. The cross, valued at $ 1,000, was cut from Colton's vestments as he was exiting St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Buffalo. Colton died in Buffalo on May 9, 1915, aged 66. He
345-404: The human race, as have hasty, ill-advised marriages, unions entered into without the knowledge, the preparation, the thought even an important commercial contract merits and receives. God made marriage an indissoluble contract, Christ made it a sacrament , the world today has made it a plaything of passion, an accompaniment of sex, a scrap of paper to be torn up at the whim of the participants." He
368-463: The landmark Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Mundelein built St. Mary of the Lake Seminary , later renamed Mundelein Seminary in his honor, in what is now Mundelein, Illinois. Quigley Seminary was the site of Mundelein's 1937 " paper hanger " speech, criticizing German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders. He also organized the construction of other churches in
391-470: The parishes had been building and running their own schools, employing religious sisters as inexpensive teachers. The languages of instruction were often German or Polish. On taking office, Mundelein centralized control of the parish schools. The archdiocesan building committee now picked the locations for new schools while its school board standardized the school curricula , textbooks, teacher training, testing, and educational policies. Simultaneously he gained
414-739: The role of pastor at St. Stephen's upon Donnelly's resignation. He enjoyed remarkable success in his new post, restoring harmony among the congregation, eliminating the parish debt of $ 152,000, and establishing a parochial school. In addition to his pastoral duties, Archbishop Michael Corrigan named him chancellor of the archdiocese in 1896. On June 10, 1903, Colton was appointed the fourth bishop of Buffalo by Pope Leo XIII . He received his episcopal consecration on August 24, 1903, from Archbishop John Farley , with Bishops Bernard McQuaid and Charles McDonnell serving as co-consecrators , in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan. During Colton's tenure,
437-449: The soup. His intent was to poison Mundelein and over 100 other guests, including Illinois Governor Edward F. Dunne . However, the potency of the arsenic was reduced because the kitchen staff was forced to water down soup to accommodate 50 extra guests. As the diners started exhibiting symptoms of arsenic poisoning , a doctor at the event prepared a makeshift emetic that the victims could drink to promote vomiting. Mundelein ate only
460-481: Was an outspoken opponent of artificial contraception . During his tenure in Chicago, Mundelein launched an effort to unify ethnic Catholic groups such as the Poles and Italians into territorial, instead of ethnic, parishes with mixed success. St. Monica's parish, however, was endorsed by Mundelein as the city's sole black parish, leading to distaste for the archbishop in both the early 1900s and today. After constructing
483-520: Was appointed auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn and titular bishop of Loryma by Pope Pius X . He received his episcopal consecration on September 21, 1909, from McDonnell, with Bishops Charles H. Colton and John O'Connor serving as co-consecrators , at St. James Cathedral-Basilica . At age 36, Mundelein was the youngest bishop in the country. Mundelein was named the third archbishop of Chicago on December 9, 1915, by Pope Benedict XV. The pope had originally intended to appoint Mundelein as bishop of
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#1732776433705506-546: Was appointed an assistant at the pontifical throne on May 8, 1920. The archdiocese greatly expanded its charity outreach during the Great Depression , rivaling the efforts of Chicago's Associated Jewish Charities . It established a city-wide network of St. Vincent de Paul Societies . At a large dinner held at the University Club of Chicago on February 12, 1916, chef Jean Crones slipped arsenic into
529-714: Was the only son of Francis and Mary (née Goetz) Mundelein, who were of German descent; he had two sisters, Margaret and Catherine. George Mundelein's grandfather fought in the American Civil War . Mundelein received his early education at the parochial school of St. Nicholas Kirche in Manhattan. He attended La Salle Academy and Manhattan College , where he befriended Patrick Hayes (a future cardinal and archbishop of New York ). Mundelein graduated from Manhattan College in 1889 with high honors. He then studied at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania , and
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