James Augustine Healy
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 124 years ago |
Date of birth | April 6,1830 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Jones County |
Georgia | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 5,1900 |
Died | Portland |
Maine | |
United States | |
Ordination | June 10, 1854 |
Successor | William Henry O'Connell |
Siblings | Patrick Francis Healy |
Education | College of the Holy Cross |
Consecr | June 2, 1875; by John Joseph Williams |
Church | Catholic Church |
Dioces | Diocese of Portland |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1475210 |
James Augustine Healy Life story
James Augustine Healy 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.