Joseph A. Durick

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Joseph A. Durick was an American Roman Catholic bishop best known as one of the white Southern clergy who authored the 1963 “A Call for Unity” statement that prompted Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

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Joseph A. Durick canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic bishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedAsBishopBy Pope John XXIII ⓘ
Pope Paul VI ⓘ
coAuthorOf A Call for Unity ⓘ
consecrationYear 1963 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-10-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1994-06-26 ⓘ
diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville ⓘ
educatedAt Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West ⓘ
University of Dayton ⓘ
ethnicGroup white American ⓘ
givenName Joseph ⓘ
knownFor co‑authoring the 1963 statement A Call for Unity ⓘ
role in events surrounding Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
name Joseph A. Durick ⓘ
notableWork A Call for Unity ⓘ
occupation Catholic priest ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
participantIn American civil rights movement ⓘ
partOf Southern white clergy who signed A Call for Unity ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dayton, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Auxiliary Bishop of Nashville ⓘ
Bishop of Nashville ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousTitle Bishop ⓘ
residence Nashville, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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A Call for Unity → author → Joseph A. Durick ⓘ
Joseph A. Durick → name → Joseph A. Durick ⓘ