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    William Augustine Williams (also William Augustine Willyams/Willyms or Gullielmus Williams; May 26, 1836 — May 21, 1901) was an African-American linguist...
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  • critic Leonard Williams (bishop) (William Leonard Williams, 1829–1916), third bishop of Waiapu in New Zealand William Augustine Williams, African-American...
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    preliminary investigations into the possible sainthood of Samuel Henderson. Fr. Augustine DeArmond, O.P. (18 March 2020). "Dominican Hero Priests of Memphis". dominicanvocations...
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    John Augustus Tolton (April 1, 1854 – July 9, 1897), baptized Augustine Tolton, was the first African-American Catholic priest, other than the Healy brothers...
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    St. Augustine (/ˈɔːɡəstiːn/ AW-gə-steen; Spanish: San Agustín [san aɣusˈtin]) is a city in and the county seat of St. Johns County located 40 miles (64...
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    recognized as "firsts" for people of known African-American descent. James Augustine Healy became the first American bishop of African-American descent, Patrick...
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    1829 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.) A Black Catholic, William Augustine Williams, would enter seminary in 1853, albeit in Rome due to the ongoing prohibition...
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    English and Welsh descent. Her mother Helen Tinch met her father Milton Augustine Williams Jr. (1935–2006) while both were music education students at Fredonia...
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    Slattery, SSJ Charles F. Uncles, SSJ Cyprian Davis, OSB Clarence Rivers Paschal Salisbury, OP Seminarians William Augustine Williams Families Healy family...
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    armed forces. He was later promoted to staff sergeant while serving at Williams Air Force Base, a jet pilot training facility in Maricopa, Arizona. During...
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    Emeritus of Chicago) Cardinal Edmund Szoka (Archbishop of Detroit) William Augustine Williams (first openly African-American Catholic seminarian) Venerable...
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    Slattery, SSJ Charles F. Uncles, SSJ Cyprian Davis, OSB Clarence Rivers Paschal Salisbury, OP Seminarians William Augustine Williams Families Healy family...
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    the country's first Black (though by then former) seminarian William Augustine Williams to minister to the Black community at St Ignatius/Peter Claver...
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    Slattery, SSJ Charles F. Uncles, SSJ Cyprian Davis, OSB Clarence Rivers Paschal Salisbury, OP Seminarians William Augustine Williams Families Healy family...
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    over a decade later, the first openly-Black Catholic seminarian, William Augustine Williams (who entered the seminary in Rome in 1853 and departed in 1862)...
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    the life of Henriette DeLille, The Courage to Love, starring Vanessa L. Williams and Gil Bellows. African American Registry (AAREG); Henriette Delille made...
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    Saint Augustine's University is a private historically black Christian college in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded by Episcopal clergy in 1867...
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  • years is required before ordination takes place. Germanos Adam William Augustine Williams (first openly African-American Catholic seminarian) Venerable...
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    Greensboro, North Carolina Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman Chapel of St. William at Georgetown University Sister Thea Bowman Academy, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania...
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    20 parishes and 20 schools—including the all-black (and all-male) St Augustine High in New Orleans, formerly a diocesan school. As the door flew open...
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    Mary Theodore Williams, F.H.M. (born Elizabeth Barbara Williams; February 11, 1868 – July 14, 1931) was an American Black Catholic nun who founded the...
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    School (c. 1812), St. James Protestant Episcopal Day School (1824), and William Lively's Union Seminary (1825), created schools for African-American students...
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    St. Augustine Catholic Church (originally St Martin de Porres Catholic Church) is a Catholic parish in Washington, D.C. It is considered by many to be...
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    Slattery, SSJ Charles F. Uncles, SSJ Cyprian Davis, OSB Clarence Rivers Paschal Salisbury, OP Seminarians William Augustine Williams Families Healy family...
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    (Servant of God Mother Mary Lange Venerable Mother Henriette DeLille William Augustine Williams Venerable Pierre Toussaint Venerable Fr Augustus Tolton George...
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    Slattery, SSJ Charles F. Uncles, SSJ Cyprian Davis, OSB Clarence Rivers Paschal Salisbury, OP Seminarians William Augustine Williams Families Healy family...
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    (November 1), All Souls' Day (2), St Martin de Porres (3); the birth of St Augustine (13); and the death of Zumbi of Palmares (20). The commemoration began...
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    "With faith and perseverance the Rev. William Norvel becomes leader of Josephites". al. Retrieved 2020-10-13. Williams, Shannen Dee (2013). Black nuns and...
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