New Shrine Announced to Honor First US-Born African American Priest

Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator

Apr 23, 2026 - 04:00

New Shrine Announced to Honor First US-Born African American Priest

St. Boniface Church in Quincy, Illinois, will be home to the future shrine; a photo of Father Augustus Tolton is inset.

EXCLUSIVE: On Venerable Augustus Tolton, former slave-turned-Catholic priest: ‘He carried his crosses in life quietly and heroically,’ says Bishop Thomas Paprocki.

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