Francis George Cleric

Francis Eugene George, OMI (born January 16, 1937) is an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago. He was the eighth Archbishop of Chicago (1997-2014) and previously served as Bishop of Yakima (1990–1996) and Archbishop of Portland, Oregon (1996–1997).A member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, George was created a cardinal by John Paul II'>Pope John Paul II in 1998. He served as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2007 to 2010.On September 20, 2014, Pope Francis accepted George's resignation and appointed Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Washington, to succeed him as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago. In this unusual circumstance, George was permitted to remain as the incumbent archbishop until Cupich was installed to succeed him on November 18, 2014.