Bishop of Indianapolis

ID: 1225 ~ Source: Henry Verst, Floyd Knobs, Indiana: A History of St. Mary Parish and a Story of Floyd Knobs (New Albany: FLoyd County Printing Co., 1938). ~ Date: 1934

This file appears in: Cardinal Joseph Ritter Childhood Home

Ritter shown while serving as Bishop of Indianapolis, 1934.
Image courtesy of Photographs of Dubois County, Jasper Public Library

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…