| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:appointedCardinalBy | gptkb:Pope_John_XXIII 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1892-07-20 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:New_Albany,_Indiana,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:burialPlace | gptkb:Cathedral_Basilica_of_Saint_Louis 
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                                | gptkbp:cardinalDate | 1961-01-16 
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                                | gptkbp:consecrationDate | gptkb:Joseph_Chartrand 1933-03-28
 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1967-06-10 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:education | gptkb:Saint_Meinrad_Seminary gptkb:Pontifical_North_American_College
 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:Joseph_Elmer_Ritter 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | civil rights advocacy participation in Second Vatican Council
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | first American cardinal from outside the Eastern U.S. desegregation of Catholic schools in St. Louis
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:bishop 
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                                | gptkbp:ordinationDate | 1917-05-30 
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                                | gptkbp:positionHeld | gptkb:cathedral gptkb:Archbishop_of_Indianapolis
 gptkb:Archbishop_of_St._Louis
 
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                                | gptkbp:predecessor | gptkb:John_J._Glennon 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Roman_Catholicism 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | gptkb:John_Joseph_Carberry 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_St._Louis 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Archbishop Joseph Ritter 
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