Charles Randolph Uncles | |
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| Born | November 8, 1859 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | July 20, 1933 (aged 73) New Windsor, New York, U.S. |
| Education | St. Joseph Seminary, Baltimore |
| Occupation | Priest |
Charles Randolph Uncles, SSJ (November 8, 1859 — July 20, 1933) was an African-American Catholic priest. In 1891, he became the first such priest ordained on US soil.[1] Two years later, he co-founded the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart (a.k.a. the Josephites), formed to minister to the African American community.[2]
- ^ Ochs, Stephen J. (1993). Desegregating the altar : the Josephites and the struggle for black priests, 1871-1960. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-1859-1. OCLC 28646434.
- ^ Josephite Fathers Website Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine