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Blase Cupich
Blase Joseph Cupich (/ˈsuːpɪtʃ/ SOO-pitch; born March 19, 1949) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Chicago since 2014. He was made a cardinal in 2016.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Cupich was ordained a priest in 1975. He was named Bishop of Rapid City by Pope John Paul II in 1998. Cupich was then named Bishop of Spokane by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. After being chosen by Pope Francis as Archbishop of Chicago, Cupich was installed there in 2014. In 2016 he was made a member the Roman Curia's Congregation for Bishops. He was appointed to the Congregation for Catholic Education in 2017.
Blase Cupich was born on March 19, 1949, in Omaha, Nebraska, into a family of Croatian descent, the third of the nine children of Blase, a United States Postal Service letter carrier who later chaired the Sarpy County commission (1977–1988), championed Meals on Wheels and worked for the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, and Mary (née Mayhan) Cupich, a homemaker. His paternal grandfather Blase Cupich, born in Donji Andrijevci near Slavonski Brod, immigrated to the United States as a teenager; his maternal grandmother Barbara Bahun, born in Donje Ladanje near Varaždin, arrived in Nebraska in 1917, where she married Ivan Majhen from Karlovac, Cupich's grandfather. All four of his grandparents found jobs in the Omaha meat-packing industry.
After receiving his initial education from the Benedictine Sts. Peter and Paul Elementary School in Omaha, Cupich attended Saint John Vianney Minor Seminary in Elkhorn, Nebraska, and then Archbishop Ryan High School in Omaha, Nebraska. He studied at Saint John Vianney Seminary at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1969, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in 1971.
After receiving his undergraduate degree, Cupich went to Rome to reside at the seminary of the Pontifical North American College. He attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, earning a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1974 and a Master of Theology degree in 1975. In addition to Cupich, his class at the North American College included ten future American bishops and two future cardinals: James Harvey and Raymond Burke. Cupich speaks six languages, including English and Spanish.
Cupich was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Omaha at Saints Peter and Paul Church in Omaha by Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan on August 16, 1975.
After his 1975 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Cupich as both associate pastor at St. Margaret Mary Parish and instructor at Paul VI High School in Omaha. He was moved in 1978 to serve as director of the archdiocesan Office for Divine Worship and as chair of the Commission on Youth from 1978 to 1981. Cupich completed his graduate studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., obtaining his licentiate there in 1979.
In 1980, Cupich worked as an instructor in the Continuing Education of Priests Program and Diaconate Formation at Creighton University in Omaha. He then transferred in 1981 to Washington to work as secretary of the nunciature to the United States, where he occasionally acted as spokesman for the mission. During this period, Cupich obtained his Doctorate of Sacred Theology in 1987 from Catholic University. His dissertation was entitled "Advent in the Roman Tradition: An Examination and Comparison of the Lectionary Readings as Hermeneutical Units in Three Periods".
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Blase Cupich
Blase Joseph Cupich (/ˈsuːpɪtʃ/ SOO-pitch; born March 19, 1949) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Chicago since 2014. He was made a cardinal in 2016.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Cupich was ordained a priest in 1975. He was named Bishop of Rapid City by Pope John Paul II in 1998. Cupich was then named Bishop of Spokane by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. After being chosen by Pope Francis as Archbishop of Chicago, Cupich was installed there in 2014. In 2016 he was made a member the Roman Curia's Congregation for Bishops. He was appointed to the Congregation for Catholic Education in 2017.
Blase Cupich was born on March 19, 1949, in Omaha, Nebraska, into a family of Croatian descent, the third of the nine children of Blase, a United States Postal Service letter carrier who later chaired the Sarpy County commission (1977–1988), championed Meals on Wheels and worked for the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, and Mary (née Mayhan) Cupich, a homemaker. His paternal grandfather Blase Cupich, born in Donji Andrijevci near Slavonski Brod, immigrated to the United States as a teenager; his maternal grandmother Barbara Bahun, born in Donje Ladanje near Varaždin, arrived in Nebraska in 1917, where she married Ivan Majhen from Karlovac, Cupich's grandfather. All four of his grandparents found jobs in the Omaha meat-packing industry.
After receiving his initial education from the Benedictine Sts. Peter and Paul Elementary School in Omaha, Cupich attended Saint John Vianney Minor Seminary in Elkhorn, Nebraska, and then Archbishop Ryan High School in Omaha, Nebraska. He studied at Saint John Vianney Seminary at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1969, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in 1971.
After receiving his undergraduate degree, Cupich went to Rome to reside at the seminary of the Pontifical North American College. He attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, earning a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1974 and a Master of Theology degree in 1975. In addition to Cupich, his class at the North American College included ten future American bishops and two future cardinals: James Harvey and Raymond Burke. Cupich speaks six languages, including English and Spanish.
Cupich was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Omaha at Saints Peter and Paul Church in Omaha by Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan on August 16, 1975.
After his 1975 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Cupich as both associate pastor at St. Margaret Mary Parish and instructor at Paul VI High School in Omaha. He was moved in 1978 to serve as director of the archdiocesan Office for Divine Worship and as chair of the Commission on Youth from 1978 to 1981. Cupich completed his graduate studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., obtaining his licentiate there in 1979.
In 1980, Cupich worked as an instructor in the Continuing Education of Priests Program and Diaconate Formation at Creighton University in Omaha. He then transferred in 1981 to Washington to work as secretary of the nunciature to the United States, where he occasionally acted as spokesman for the mission. During this period, Cupich obtained his Doctorate of Sacred Theology in 1987 from Catholic University. His dissertation was entitled "Advent in the Roman Tradition: An Examination and Comparison of the Lectionary Readings as Hermeneutical Units in Three Periods".
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