St. Mary's Catholic Church
This file appears in: Cardinal Joseph Ritter Childhood Home
Cardinal Ritter attended church in his youth at St. Mary's Church of the Annunciation at 415 East Eighth Street in New Albany. On May 31, 1917, he delivered his first mass at St. Mary's.
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This file appears in: Cardinal Joseph Ritter Childhood Home
Cardinal Joseph Ritter Childhood Home
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…