Aloisius Joseph Muench, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aloisius Joseph Muench

Catholic cardinal

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1889

Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 15-Feb-1962

Profession: diplomat, Catholic priest, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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. 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.