George Cardinal Mundelein became such a beloved pastoral leader that over a million people made a pilgrimage as his body lay in state at Holy Name Cathedral. Several scholars have affectionally dubbed him the American Pope.
During his tenure at the archdiocese of 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.
GeorgeCardinalMundelein became such a beloved pastoral leader that over a million people made a pilgrimage as his body lay in state at Holy Name Cathedral.
George William Mundelein, later GeorgeCardinalMundelein, (July 2, 1872–October 2, 1939) was an America prelate, the eighth bishop (third archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chicago, serving from 1915 to 1939 (succeeded Archbishop James Edward Quigley).
He was elevated to Cardinal on March 24, 1924, and served as archbishop until his death at the age of 67.
By 1920 GeorgeCardinalMundelein, seeking to realize his dream of building a world-renowned theological seminary, had purchased these holdings, renaming Mud Lake as St. Mary's Lake.
In 1924, Area was renamed Mundelein in honor of the cardinal.
As suburbanization swept into Lake County, Mundelein, which had been planned to accept growth, mushroomed from 3,186 in 1950 to over 12,000 in 1962.
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