Bishops Archbishops and Cardinals of the Los Angeles Archdiocese

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Bishops, Archbishops and Cardinals of the Los Angeles Archdiocese

1840 - 1846	Bishop Francisco Garcia Diego y Moreno
1850 - 1853	Bishop Joseph S. Alemany
1854 - 1878	Bishop Thaddeus Amat
1878 - 1896	Bishop Francis Mora
1896 - 1903	Bishop George T. Montgomery
1903 - 1915	Bishop Thomas J. Conaty
1917 - 1947	Archbishop John J. Cantwell
1948 - 1970	Cardinal James Francis McIntyre
1970 - 1985	Cardinal Timothy Manning
1985 - Present	Cardinal Roger M. Mahony

Bishop Amat moved the seat of the Monterey-Los Angeles Diocese to Los Angeles in 1859. It was under his oversight that, in 1876, St. Vibiana Cathedral was built.

Archbishop John J. Cantwell served as head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese for 30 years, longer than any in his succession. The Los Angeles diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese and Bishop Cantwell to Archbishop in 1936.

Archbishop J. Francis McIntyre was appointed by Pope Pius XII in 1952 to become the first Cardinal in the western United States.

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony is the first head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese to have been born in Los Angeles.

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