Blase J. Cupich

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| date of consecration = 21 September 1998 | place of consecration = Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, US | elevated by = Pope Francis | date of elevation = 19 November 2016 | bishop 1 = Ronald Aldon Hicks | consecration date 1 = 2018 | bishop 2 = Mark Andrew Bartosic | consecration date 2 = 2018 | bishop 3 = Robert Gerald Casey | consecration date 3 = 2018 | bishop 4 = Michael George McGovern | consecration date 4 = 2020 | bishop 5 = Louis Tylka | consecration date 5 = 2020 | bishop 6 = Jeffrey Scott Grob | consecration date 6 = 2020 | bishop 7 = Robert Joseph Lombardo | consecration date 7 = 2020 | bishop 8 = Kevin Michael Birmingham | consecration date 8 = 2020 | sources = ''Catholic-Hierarchy.org'' }} Blase Joseph Cupich ( ; 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. Provided by Wikipedia