Augustine John Tolton (April 1, 1854 - July 9, 1897), or Augustus Tolton, was the first black Roman Catholic priest in the United States. A former slave who was baptized and reared Catholic, Tolton studied formally in Rome. There he was ordained and served his first Mass on Easter Sunday at St. Peter's Basilica. Assigned to the Alton, Illinois diocese, Tolton first ministered to his home parish in Quincy. Later assigned to Chicago, Tolton led the development and construction of St. Monica's Catholic Church as a black "national parish church", completed in 1893 at 36th and Dearborn on the South Side.

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  • Augustine John Tolton (April 1, 1854 - July 9, 1897), or Augustus Tolton, was the first black Roman Catholic priest in the United States. A former slave who was baptized and reared Catholic, Tolton studied formally in Rome. There he was ordained and served his first Mass on Easter Sunday at St. Peter's Basilica. Assigned to the Alton, Illinois diocese, Tolton first ministered to his home parish in Quincy. Later assigned to Chicago, Tolton led the development and construction of St. Monica's Catholic Church as a black "national parish church", completed in 1893 at 36th and Dearborn on the South Side. (en)
  • Augustine Tolton (* Missouri, 1 de abril de 1854 - + Chicago, 9 de julio de 1897), sacerdote católico estadounidense. Sacerdote estadounidense de origen negro, hijo de esclavos, se mudó con su familia a Quincy, donde trabajó como talabartero. Quiso ser seminarista, pero los sacerdotes blancos estadounidense le ignoraron y lo menospreciaron por su raza, así que viajó a Roma, y allí fue ordenado sacerdote en 1866. Su renombre como predicador fue blanco de críticas negativas de parte de los sacerdotes católicos blancos tanto como de los pastores evangélicos negros, y en 1889, se le asignó a la diocesis de Chicago, donde encontró la ayuda de Santa Katherine Drexel (1858-1955), religiosa estadounidense, de quien seria el Padre Tolton su confesór. Tolton,Augustine Tolton,Augustine Tolton,Augustine (es)
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  • Augustine John Tolton (April 1, 1854 - July 9, 1897), or Augustus Tolton, was the first black Roman Catholic priest in the United States. A former slave who was baptized and reared Catholic, Tolton studied formally in Rome. There he was ordained and served his first Mass on Easter Sunday at St. Peter's Basilica. Assigned to the Alton, Illinois diocese, Tolton first ministered to his home parish in Quincy. Later assigned to Chicago, Tolton led the development and construction of St. Monica's Catholic Church as a black "national parish church", completed in 1893 at 36th and Dearborn on the South Side. (en)
  • Augustine Tolton (* Missouri, 1 de abril de 1854 - + Chicago, 9 de julio de 1897), sacerdote católico estadounidense. (es)
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