REV. CHARLES RANDOLPH UNCLES First black American ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the United States. One of the founders of the St. Joseph Society of the Sacred Heart. Also born in Baltimore,Md.
(April 1, 1854 – July 9, 1897) Augustus Tolton, was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest in Rome and then assigned to America on April 24, 1886. Tolton is considered by some to be the first Black Priest since both James and Patrick Healy had a white father and mulatto mother. […]
