Bishop James Augustine Healy
1830-1900
Born as a legal slave in the State of Georgia, he became the first person of African-American decent to become a Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.
Appointed Bishop of Portland, Maine in 1875.
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Bishop James Augustine Healy Born as a legal slave in the State of Georgia, he became the first person of African-American decent to become a Roman Catholic bishop in the United States. Appointed Bishop of Portland, Maine in 1875.
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URLs for additional informational information on Bishop Healy: http://www.holycross.edu/departments/publicaffairs/website/features/healy0805.htm http://bc.scream.org/index.html?jhealy.html&3
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Holy angels Church, An African American Catholic Church.