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James Augustine Healy (April 6, 1830 – August 5, 1900) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first known African American to serve as a Catholic priest or bishop. With his predominantly European ancestry, Healy passed for a white man and identified as such.
1 août 2024 · James Augustine Healy (born April 6, 1830, near Macon, Georgia, U.S.—died August 5, 1900, Portland, Maine) was the first African American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States and an advocate for children and Native Americans.
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2 janv. 2021 · James Augustine Healy: From slave to scholar to shepherd. November 28, 2020, was a historic day for the Catholic Church in America. On that day, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., was created a cardinal by Pope Francis making him the first African American bishop to attain that rank.
The first Black bishop in the U.S. was appointed in 1875 and he did not meet the resistance Bishop Perry at first endured. The bishop was James Augustine Healy who, along with his brothers and sisters, achieved notable accomplishments and distinction.
3 mars 2007 · Learn about the life and achievements of James Augustine Healy, who was born a slave in Georgia and became the first African American to be ordained a Roman Catholic priest and a bishop. He served in the dioceses of Boston, Portland and Maine, and contributed to the Catholic Church and society in the United States.
James Augustine Healy, the first Roman Catholic priest of mixed origin in America, and the first non-white American to become a Catholic bishop, also received aid and encouragement from a white father.
James Augustine Healy built a remarkable career in the Catholic Church at a time when racism prevented most African Americans from obtaining a decent job. Highly educated and known for his oratorical skills, he eventually became the bishop of Portland, Maine.
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