Joseph A. Durick

E214927

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.”

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Joseph A. Durick canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

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
surface form: 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 Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
name Joseph A. Durick self-link
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 of America
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
positionHeld Auxiliary Bishop of Nashville
Bishop of Nashville
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousTitle Bishop
residence Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
sexOrGender male

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Call for Unity author Joseph A. Durick
Joseph A. Durick name Joseph A. Durick self-link