John Cardinal Carberry
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His Eminence John Joseph Cardinal Carberry (July 31, 1904—June 17, 1998) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Carberry was born in Brooklyn and ordained a priest there in 1929. In 1956 he was named bishop of Lafayette, Indiana. He succeeded as Bishop in 1957 upon the death of Bishop John George Bennett. In 1965 he was named bishop of Columbus, Ohio and in 1968 he was made Archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri. He was elevated to the status of Cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1969.
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Carberry's entry at catholic-hierarchy.org
| Preceded by Clarence George Issenmann |
Bishop of Columbus 1965–1968 |
Succeeded by Clarence Edward Elwell |
| Preceded by Joseph Cardinal Ritter |
Archbishop of St. Louis 1968–1979 |
Succeeded by John L. May |
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