John L. May

infobox bishopbiog
name = John L. May


religion=Roman Catholic Church
See = Saint Louis
Title = Archbishop of Saint Louis
Period = 1980 — 1992
Predecessor = John Joseph Carberry
Successor = Justin Francis Rigali
ordination = 1947
bishops = Mobile
post = None | date of birth = Birth date and age|1922|3|31|df=y
place of birth = Evanston, Illinois |Archbishop John Lawrence May (born March 31 1922 Evanston, Illinois - died March 24 1994 St. Louis, Missouri) was an American bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.

After attending Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary and St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, May was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1947. In 1967 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Chicago. In 1969 he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Mobile, Alabama (it was not yet an Archdiocese). In 1980, he was named Archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri, succeeding Cardinal John Carberry. He served in that position until his retirement in 1992. An interim administrator led the Archdiocese of St. Louis after May's retirement until Justin Rigali was appointed Archbishop in 1994.infobox bishopstyles
name=John L. May
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=His Excellency
relstyle=Monsignor
deathstyle=not applicable |Immediately before his retirement, Archbishop May was diagnosed with brain cancer. He died in 1994 and was buried in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis (then known simply as the New Cathedral). The Archbishop May community service award, which is given to one senior at each Catholic high school in the Archdiocese each spring, is named in his honor.