1886 c. , USA : The African American Venerable AUGUSTUS TOLTON ( 1854 - 1897 ), born into slavery in Missouri in 1854 . Served as first openly Black Catholic priest in the United States , ordained in Rome in 1886 . The young Tolton was rejected by every North American major seminary to which he applied despite being very well-educated and multilingual . Tolton was declared venerable by Pope Francis in June 2019 . - RELIGIONE CATTOLICA - CATHOLIC RELIGION - portrait - ritratto - Venerabile - Beato - Roman Catholic Church - collar - colletto - HISTORY - FOTO STORICHE - PRETE AFRO AMERICANO - PR

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1886 c. , USA : The African American Venerable AUGUSTUS TOLTON ( 1854 - 1897 ), born into slavery in Missouri in 1854 . Served as first openly Black Catholic priest in the United States , ordained in Rome in 1886 . The young Tolton was rejected by every North American major seminary to which he applied despite being very well-educated and multilingual . Tolton was declared venerable by Pope Francis in June 2019 . - RELIGIONE CATTOLICA - CATHOLIC RELIGION - portrait - ritratto - Venerabile - Beato - Roman Catholic Church - collar - colletto - HISTORY - FOTO STORICHE - PRETE AFRO AMERICANO - PRIEST - di colore - Black Catholicism - SEMINARISTA - DIRITTI SOCIALI - RIGHTS --- Archivio GBB