Louis H. Narcisse

His Grace Bishop King

Louis H. Narcisse
ChurchMt. Zion Spiritual Church, Inc.
Installed1943–45
Term ended1989
Personal details
Born
Louis Herbert Narcisse

(1921-04-27)April 27, 1921
New Orleans, Louisiana
DiedFebruary 3, 1989(1989-02-03) (aged 67)
Detroit, Michigan
BuriedRolling Hills Memorial Park
Richmond, California
NationalityAmerican
DenominationBaptist
Spiritual Church Movement
ResidenceOakland, California
Detroit, Michigan
OccupationPastor
vocalist
musician
gospel singer
composer
ProfessionShipyard worker
MottoIt's nice, to be nice"

Louis H. Narcisse (April 27, 1921 – February 3, 1989),[1][2] also known as King Louis H. Narcisse, was an American religious leader and the founder of the Mt. Zion Spiritual Church.[3] He claimed religious leaders of the time such as Father Divine, Daddy Grace and, James F. Jones were his divine predecessors.

He was an organizer and spiritual healer in Oakland, California. He was also a gospel minister, vocalist, musician, and composer with whom gospel singer Mahalia Jackson often collaborated. He was the uncle of renowned African-American gospel singer Bessie Griffin (July 6, 1922 – April 10, 1989).[4] They died within days of each other in 1989.

  1. ^ Marc Sandalow (February 1989). "Lavish East Bay Funeral / King Narcisse Takes Some of It With Him". The San Francisco Chronicle. Chronicle East Bay Bureau.
  2. ^ James R. Lewis (2002). The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions (2 ed.). Prometheus Books. p. 509. ISBN 9781615927388. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  3. ^ Louie Robinson (July 1963). "The+Kingdom+of+King+Narcisse"&pg=PA112 Ebony (Vol. 13, No. 9 ed.). Johnson Publishing Company. pp. 112–119. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  4. ^ Alan Young (January 1, 1997). Woke Me Up This Morning: Black Gospel Singers and the Gospel Life (illustrated ed.). Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 196. ISBN 9780878059447.