ended death_date consecration other_post created_cardinal_by nationality coat_of_arms article_title birth_date death_place title rank image diocese name caption enthroned cardinal consecrated_by predecessor birth_place buried parents motto type ordained_by previous_post appointed successor religion see ordination birth_name
november 18 , 2014 17 april 2015 september 21 , 1990 cardinal-priest of s. bartolomeo all ` isola john paul ii american coat of arms of francis george.svg francis george
 16 january 1937 chicago , illinois , u.s. cardinal , archbishop emeritus of chicago cardinal-priest cardinal-francis-george 110516 photoby adam-bielawski . jpg chicago francis eugene george cardinal rahm emanuel george at the may 2011 inauguration of mayor may 7 , 1997 january 18 , 1998 agostino cacciavillan joseph bernardin chicago , illinois , u.s. all saints cemetery , des plaines , illinois francis george j. and julia r. -lrb- nee mccarthy -rrb- christo in the church -rrb- gloria in ecclesia -lrb- to christ be glory cardinal raymond peter hillinger president -lrb- 2007 & ndash ; 2010 -rrb- archbishop of portland of -lrb- 1996 -- 1997 -rrb- bishop of yakima -lrb- 1990 the -- 1996 -rrb- united states conference of catholic bishops april 8 , 1997 blase j. cupich roman catholic chicago december 21 , 1963 francis eugene george
francis george

francis eugene george , omi -lrb- january 16 , 1937 -- april 17 , 2015 -rrb- was an american cardinal of the roman catholic church and archbishop emeritus of chicago .
he was the eighth archbishop of chicago -lrb- 1997 -- 2014 -rrb- and previously served as bishop of yakima -lrb- 1990 -- 1996 -rrb- and archbishop of portland , oregon -lrb- 1996 -- 1997 -rrb- .
a member of the missionary oblates of mary immaculate , george was created a cardinal by 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 .
he was initially diagnosed with cancer in 2006 , and died from the disease in 2015 .
