George Hugh Niederauer
George Hugh Niederauer (June 14, 1936 – May 2, 2017) was an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco. Before that, Niederauer served as Bishop of Salt Lake City from 1994 to 2005.
Niederauer was born in Los Angeles, California. He studied at Stanford University, at the Catholic University of America and at Loyola University. Niederauer died on May 2, 2017, in San Rafael, California from lung cancer at the age of 80.[1]