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Harold Robert Perry S.V.D. | |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans | |
| Archdiocese | New Orleans |
| Appointed | September 29, 1965 |
| In office | 1965–1991 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | January 6, 1944 by Richard Oliver Gerow |
| Consecration | January 6, 1966 by Egidio Vagnozzi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 9, 1916 Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | July 17, 1991 (aged 74) |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Parents | Frank J. and Josephine Perry |
| Alma mater | Divine Word Seminary |
Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. (October 9, 1916 – July 17, 1991) was an African-American clergyman of the Catholic Church. An auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans for more than twenty years beginning in 1966, he was the first openly African-American Catholic bishop, the second overall, and the first since 1875.[1]
He was also the first Black male provincial superior in the United States,[2] and the first African-American clergyman to deliver the opening prayer in Congress.[3]
- ^ "Bishop Harold R. Perry, 74, Dies; First Black Prelate in the Century". The New York Times. 1991-07-19.
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