1928-
Roman Catholic Priest;
Sociologist;
Author

Education and Writings.

Andrew Moran Greeley was born in Chicago and educated in Catholic schools and Mundelein College. He was ordained in 1954 and as-signed to a prosperous suburban Chicago parish, an experience that became the basis for his The Church and the Suburbs (1959). He was permitted to do graduate work at the University of Chicago and completed his Ph.D. in 1961, a study that led to The Education of American Catholics (1966), which attracted attention with evidence that American Catholics were becoming the best educated of American ethnic groups.

Sociological Studies.

After his degree Greeley affiliated with the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), focusing on analyzing the social implications of religion and ethnicity. In 1965 he was released from parish duties and permitted to devote himself to academic and scholarly work. In 1970 the Ford Foundation funded the Center for the Study...