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John Augustus Tolton (baptized Augustine; April 1, 1854 – July 9, 1897) was an African American who served as first openly Black Catholic priest in the United States, ordained in Rome in 1886. He was preceded by the Healy brothers, Catholic priests who passed as White. [1] [2]
May 3, 2024 · His parents, Peter Paul and Martha Jane (née Chisley) Tolton, were baptized Catholics who had been granted permission to wed by the neighbouring Catholic families who owned them. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Tolton’s father escaped
Jun 13, 2019 · Father Augustine Tolton was the first known African-American priest in the Roman Catholic Church. The Diocese of Springfield, via Associated Press. By Liam Stack. June 13, 2019.
Father Augustus Tolton. 1854 – 1897. Saints arise from the exigencies of the eras within which they live. Saints are of human stock but have the genius to step forward and bring the gospel message to the contradictions of their time. In the case of Augustus Tolton it is the long period of black slavery in this country and the nation’s Civil ...
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Fr. Augustus Tolton became the first Black American priest in the United States of America! Born as a slave in America, he became an American hero! For a brief moment in history, racial differences that only ran skin deep were forgotten because of this great man of God.
1897: Father Tolton dies at Mercy Hospital in Chicago on July 9. He was 43. The funeral was at St. Monica Church, 36th and Dearborn Street on July 12. A funeral also occurred at St. Peter Church in Quincy on July 13. Articles on the death of Father Tolton in The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Daily News.
The story of Quincy’s Venerable Father Augustine Tolton inspires, motivates, and is a reminder God has a plan for all of us – no matter what circumstances we find ourselves in. From a slave in Missouri to the nation’s first black priest who started his ministry in Quincy, Father Tolton lived a life of deep faith, humility, and perseverance.
