Cardinal Ritter Historic Marker

ID: 1071 ~ Source: Daniel Vivian ~ Creator: Daniel Vivian ~ Date: 2015

This file appears in: Cardinal Joseph Ritter Childhood Home

In 2007, the state of Indiana erected a historical marker at the Cardinal Joseph Elmer Ritter Birthplace and Childhood Home at 1218 East Oak Street in New Albany.
Image courtesy of Daniel Vivian

This file appears in: Cardinal Joseph Ritter Childhood Home

Cardinal Joseph Ritter Childhood Home

By Carl Creason, Hannah O'Daniel, Katherine Gann, Daniel Michael & Leanna Smith

Born in New Albany on July 20, 1892, Joseph Elmer Ritter is the best known of the religious leaders with roots in New Albany. Ritter served as Archbishop of St. Louis from 1946-1962 and as a Cardinal from 1962-1965. During that time, he advocated…