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First Black U S priest Augustine Tolton honored in Chicago story
A biography and renewed attention tell how Augustine Tolton the first acknowledged Black Catholic priest in the United States rose from slavery to ordination in 1886. Tolton faced rejection by U S seminaries, supported by Catholics, and later served in Quincy and Chicago enriching Black Catholic life.
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Chicago
Augustine Tolton
United States
Atlanta
Wilton Gregory
U.S
Tolton
San Francisco
Ignatius Press
Caroline Hemesath
Missouri
Peter Tolton
Hemesath
Augustine
Martha Jane
Mississippi River
Illinois
Quincy
Ill
Charley
Rome
Africa
Harold Burke-Sivers
Portland, Ore
Burke- Sivers
Gus
Saint Monica’s Church