Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter †

Deceased

Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jul 1892		Born	New Albany, IN
30 May 1917	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
3 Feb 1933	40.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
3 Feb 1933	40.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hippos
28 Mar 1933	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hippos
24 Mar 1934	41.7	Appointed	Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
11 Nov 1944	52.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
20 Jul 1946	54.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
16 Jan 1961	68.5	Elevated to Cardinal
16 Jan 1961	68.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana
10 Jun 1967	74.9	Died	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Consistory - 1961: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1963: Participated

a priest for 50.0 years
a bishop for 34.2 years
a cardinal for 6.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Chartrand †
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Chartrand †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alphonse John Smith †
Bishop Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter † (1933)
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Cardinal Falconio, O.F.M. † (1892)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John Joseph Leibrecht
Bishop Edward Joseph O'Donnell
Bishop Robert Joseph Hermann
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Mark Kenny Carroll †
John Patrick Cardinal Cody †
Bishop Leo John Steck †
Bishop Charles Herman Helmsing †
Archbishop Leo Christopher Byrne †
Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin †
Bishop George Joseph Gottwald †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop James Hugh Ryan †
John Francis Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C. †
Bishop Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. †

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