John 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. He was known as having faithfully implemented in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis the decisions taken at the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council in an at times difficult period in the life of the Catholic Church in the United States.

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Carberry's entry at catholic-hierarchy.org

Archdiocese of St. Louis

Preceded by Joseph Cardinal Ritter	Archbishop of St. Louis 1968–1979	Succeeded by John L. May
Preceded by Clarence George Issenmann	Bishop of Columbus 1965–1968	Succeeded by Clarence Edward Elwell
Preceded by John George Bennett	Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana 1957–1965	Succeeded by Raymond Joseph Gallagher