Aloisius Joseph Muench
Aloisius Joseph Muench (February 18, 1889 – February 15, 1962) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Fargo from 1935 to 1959, and as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany from 1951 to 1959. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1959.
Aloisius Joseph Muench | |
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Muench (center) in Bonn in 1959 | |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota |
| See | Bishop of Fargo |
| Installed | November 6, 1935 |
| Term ended | December 9, 1959 |
| Predecessor | James O'Reilly |
| Successor | Leo Dworschak |
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| Ordination | June 8, 1916 |
| Consecration | October 15, 1935 |
| Created cardinal | December 14, 1959 |
| Rank | Cardinal-priest |
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| Born | February 18, 1889 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Died | February 15, 1962 (aged 72) Rome, Italy |
| Buried | Fargo, North Dakota |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Muench was the most powerful American Catholic and Vatican representative in Allied-occupied Germany and subsequently in West Germany from 1946 to 1959 as the liaison between the U.S. Office of Military Government and the German Catholic Church in the American occupation zone (1946–1949), Pope Pius XII's apostolic visitor to Germany (1946–1947), the Vatican relief officer in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany (1947–1949), regent in Kronberg (1949–1951), as well as nuncio to Germany.
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