About Joseph Bernardin
Joseph Louis Bernardin was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cincinnati in Ohio from 1972 until 1982, and as Archbishop of Chicago in Illinois from 1982 until his death from pancreatic cancer. Bernardin was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983 by Pope John Paul II. Bernardin, 38 years old, became the youngest bishop in America. In 1968, Bernardin resigned as auxiliary bishop of Atlanta to become the first general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, a post he held until 1972. During this period, Bernardin also became affiliated with the Order of Friars Minor, being received into the first order with a habit in 1972.
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