Charles Randolph Uncles | |
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Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | November 8, 1859
Died | July 20, 1933 New Windsor, New York, U.S. | (aged 73)
Education | St. Joseph Seminary, Baltimore |
Occupation | Priest |
Charles Randolph Uncles, SSJ (November 8, 1859 — July 20, 1933) was an African-American Catholic priest. In 1891, he became the first such priest ordained on US soil.[1] Two years later, he co-founded the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart (a.k.a. the Josephites), formed to minister to the African American community.[2]