Charles Uncles

Charles Randolph Uncles
Born(1859-11-08)November 8, 1859
DiedJuly 20, 1933(1933-07-20) (aged 73)
EducationSt. Joseph Seminary, Baltimore
OccupationPriest

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]

  1. ^ Ochs, Stephen J. (1993). Desegregating the altar : the Josephites and the struggle for black priests, 1871-1960. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-1859-1. OCLC 28646434.
  2. ^ Josephite Fathers Website Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine