The Most Reverend George Augustus Stallings | |
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Archbishop of the Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation | |
![]() Stallings in 1993 | |
Church | Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation |
In office | 1990–present |
Orders | |
Consecration | May 12, 1990 by Richard Bridges |
Personal details | |
Born | 1948 |
Denomination | Independent Catholicism |
George Augustus Stallings Jr. (born March 17, 1948) is the founder of the Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation and was long active in the Black Catholic Movement. He served as a Catholic priest from 1974 to 1989, and was based in Washington, D.C., for many years. He established the Imani Temple as an independent denomination in 1989, making a public break in 1990 with the Roman Catholic Church on The Phil Donahue Show. The Archbishop of Washington excommunicated him that year.