Cardinalate and Death
He was elevated cardinal on December 14, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. Muench resigned as Bishop of Fargo on December 9, 1959 just before he became Cardinal. He died in Rome on February 15, 1962 and was buried in Fargo.
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