What is Francis George?
[[File:Cardinal-Francis-George 110516 photoby Adam-Bielawski.jpg|thumb|right|200px|George in May 2011]] '''Francis Eugene George''' [[Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate|OMI]] (January 16, 1937 &ndash; April 17, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. He was the eighth [[Archbishop of Chicago]].<ref name=hierarchy>{{cite news|work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|title=Francis Eugene Cardinal George, O.M.I.|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgeorge.html|last=Cheney|first=David}}</ref> George resigned in September 2014 because of health issues. [[Blase J. Cupich]] succeeded him. From 2007 to 2010, he was President of the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]]. George was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He was diagnosed with [[bladder cancer]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cardinal George says cancer is showing 'signs of new activity'|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-cardinal-george-cancer-20140307,0,4826759.story|accessdate=March 7, 2014|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=March 7, 2014}}</ref> George died in Chicago from the disease at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://time.com/3827114/cardinal-francis-george-dies/ | title=Chicago Cardinal Francis George Dies at Age 78 | work=Time | date=17 April 2015 | accessdate=17 April 2015 | author=Associated Press | archive-date=18 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418081624/http://time.com/3827114/cardinal-francis-george-dies/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:George, Francis}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:American cardinals]] [[Category:People from Chicago]] [[Category:American Roman Catholic archbishops]] {{US-bio-stub}}