Joseph Oliver Bowers
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Gender | Male |
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Date of birth | March 28,1910 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Massacre |
Dominica | |
Died | Eastern Region |
Ghana | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
In offic | 1971–81 |
Founded | Pope John Senior High School And Minor Seminary |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 3690413 |
Joseph Oliver Bowers Life story
Joseph Oliver Bowers, SVD was a prelate of the Catholic Church from Dominica, who served as Bishop of Accra on the then Gold Coast from 1953. He was the first Black Catholic bishop to be consecrated in the United States in the 20th century, and the first ever to ordain African-American Catholic priests.