Breaking 187-Year Silence: Reverend Mr. Gregory Lambert to …
Jan 24, 2024 · On May 25th, 2024, Reverend Mr. Lambert will be the first-ever black American priest ordained in the state. The ordination is at the Cathedral of St. Raphael in Dubuque, Iowa, at 10 am.
First black priests in US 'opened door for rest of us,' pastor says
Aug 6, 2014 · Their ordination came more than 40 years after the first self-acknowledged black priest, Fr. Charles Uncles, was ordained in the United States -- in 1891. A native of Baltimore, he was...
Greg Lambert to become first African-American Catholic priest in …
Feb 22, 2024 · The date has been set for the priestly ordination of Dcn Gregory Lambert—believed to soon become the first African American ordained as a Catholic priest in Iowa. The 29-year-old Florida native serves in the Archdiocese of Dubuque and will receive holy orders on Saturday, May 25, in a Mass at the Cathedral of St. Raphael celebrated by ...
New African-American priest in New Orleans already making waves
Jun 10, 2021 · The legacy of Black Catholicism in New Orleans continues to bear fruit, as another native son of the Crescent City has become a priest. Fr Ajani Gibson, the 27-year-old St. Augustine High grad known across the city—and nation—was ordained on June 5th before a packed crowd of onlookers.
Nation’s first Black Catholic priest seen as model for persevering …
Father Charles Randolph Uncles, a native of Baltimore, in 1891 became the first African American ordained a priest in the United States. He later became one of the founders of the St. Joseph Society of the Sacred Heart (Josephites).
Black Catholic seminarian Zachary Smith, SVD to be ordained a priest
May 24, 2024 · Zachary Smith, an African-American transitional deacon with the Society of the Divine Word, will be ordained to the priesthood this weekend in Chicago, continuing the order’s long tradition of Black Catholic vocations. The livestreamed ordination Mass will take place on Saturday, May 25, at the Church of the Holy Family in Chicago, according ...
In the beginning, there were Black Catholics - U.S. Catholic
Oct 12, 2020 · The first Black priest who was ordained and identified as being Black was Augustus Tolton. He was ordained in 1886 in Rome because no American seminary would accept him. Later he became pastor of St. Monica’s in Chicago.
1st black priest in US, ex-slave, positioned for sainthood
Jun 12, 2019 · Pope Francis has deemed the first known black Roman Catholic priest in the United States to be "venerable," positioning the former slave for possible sainthood.
Despite black Catholicism’s rich history, African American priests …
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles – the nation’s most diverse Catholic diocese, where worship and ministry happen in more than 40 languages – has ordained only one U.S.-born African American priest in its 82-year history.
Venerable Augustus Tolton’s Spiritual Sons: Black Catholic Priests ...
Jul 13, 2021 · Three Black Catholics newly ordained to the Catholic priesthood share their vocation journeys. Venerable Father Augustus Tolton (left) alongside Father Guy Dormevil (top right) and Father...