February 12th, 2008
Black Catholics In America: Who Was The First African-American Priest?
The answer is . . . it depends on who you ask. And sometimes the same person will give two different answers! The contenders are Father James Healy (1830-1900), ordained 1854; and Father Augustine Tolton (1854-1897), ordained 1886. The simple genealogical data would seem conclusive: James Healy was the first African-American priest. But it’s not quite that simple. The 1830 …
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February 12, 2008 Tuesday at 11:47 pm
