National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus
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The National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus is an organization made up of African-American clergy of the Roman Catholic Church
. One of the goals of the NBCCC is to foster the gifts endemic in the black community for the benefit and betterment of the wider Catholic Church.
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The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
. One of the goals of the NBCCC is to foster the gifts endemic in the black community for the benefit and betterment of the wider Catholic Church.
Notable Black clergy of the Catholic Church in the United States
- Edward K. BraxtonEdward BraxtonEdward Kenneth Braxton was a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago when he was appointed bishop by Pope John Paul II on March 28, 1995. He was consecrated auxiliary bishop of Saint Louis by Justin Francis Rigali on May 17, 1995, in the city's Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis. Braxton was...
- Dominic CarmonDominic CarmonDominic Carmon, S.V.D. is an African American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans from 1993 to 2006....
- George ClementsGeorge ClementsGeorge H. Clements is an American Roman Catholic priest who, in 1981, became the first Catholic priest to adopt a child. Through his founding of several programs, including one church-one child, one church-one addict, and one church-one inmate, he brought greater recognition to social problems and...
- Stan FortunaStan FortunaFr Stan Fortuna, C.F.R. is a Catholic priest notable for his evangelical musical contributions of various genres, primarily Catholic-based jazz and hip hop....
- Wilton Gregory
- Curtis GuilloryCurtis GuilloryCurtis John Guillory is the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, TX. He became the fifth bishop of the 34-year-old Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont on July 28, 2000.-Biography:...
- Martin D. HolleyMartin HolleyMartin Holley was born on December 31, 1954 in Escambia County Fla.. He is a Roman Catholic Bishop.Bishop Holley graduated from Tate High School in 1973, while a student at Tate High School, Bishop-Elect Holley was a basketball standout and active in student government...
- Joseph L. Howze
- George V. MurryGeorge MurryBishop George Vance Murry was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1948. In 1972, he became a member of the Jesuit religious order. On Wednesday, March 28, 2007, Bishop Murry was installed as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown...
- Leonard J. OlivierLeonard OlivierLeonard James Olivier SVD is a Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In 1951 he was ordained a priest for the Society of the Divine Word in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi....
- Joseph N. PerryJoseph Perry (bishop)Joseph Nathaniel Perry is a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Chicago.-Education:A native of Chicago, Illinois, Joseph Perry attended various Catholic elementary schools in Chicago between 1954 and 1962. For one year, in 1962, he attended Carver High School, moving on to St...
- John H. RicardJohn RicardJohn Huston Ricard, S.S.J. is an African American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee.-Biography:...
- Guy SansaricqGuy SansaricqGuy Sansaricq was born in Jérémie, Haiti, into a Catholic family. He attended the seminary of the Jeremie Diocese for five years, after which he received a scholarship to St. Paul's Pontifical Seminary in Ottawa, Canada, where he studied philosophy and theology for seven years...
- J. Terry SteibJ. Terry SteibJames Terry Steib, S.V.D. is an African American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fourth and current Bishop of Memphis.-Biography:...
- Elliott G. ThomasElliott ThomasBishop Elliott G. Thomas is a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 25, 1926. Thomas's family had lived in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, returning there in 1934. Elliott Thomas was enrolled in the Methodist Day School in Road Town and as a teenager...