Moses E. Kiley

Moses Elias Kiley (November 13, 1876 – April 15, 1953) was a Canadian-born American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Milwaukee from 1940 to 1953.

[2] He financed his higher education by working as an errand boy at a carriage shop in Somerville established by his older brothers.

[1] Kiley was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago in Rome by Archbishop James Quigley on June 10, 1911.

[6] Following his return to the United States, the archdiocese assigned Kiley as a curate at St. Agnes Parish in Chicago, Illinois, where he remained for five years.

[7] He oversaw an extensive renovation of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, which had suffered major fire damage in 1935.