James Augustine Healy
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican Roman Catholic bishop (1830-1900)
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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.
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United StatesCategory
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1830 to 1900 · aged 70
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