Kiley was appointed the sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee by Pope Pius XII on January 1, 1940. Kiley was installed at the Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee on March 28, 1940. During his tenure in Milwaukee, Kiley earned a reputation as a conservative leader and stern administrator. He oversaw an extensive renovation of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, which suffered major damage from a fire in 1935. He rebuilt the St. Aemillian Orphanage in Milwaukee, which had also suffered major fire damage in the 1930s. Kiley also renovated St. Francis Seminary in St. Francis, Wisconsin, converted Pio Nono High School into a minor seminary, and created a Catholic Family Life Bureau in 1948. Moses Kiley died on April 15, 1953, at St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee, at age 76. See also Catholic Church hierarchy Catholic Church in the United States Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States List of Catholic bishops of the United States Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops References External links Official site of the Holy See 1876 births 1953 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United States Roman Catholic archbishops of Milwaukee Canadian emigrants to the United States People from Baddeck, Nova Scotia People from Inverness County, Nova Scotia People from Somerville, Massachusetts Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee Roman Catholic bishops of Trenton St. Mary's Seminary and University alumni Catholics from Massachusetts