FIRST - African-American Catholic Seminary In the United States - Greenville, Mississippi
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N 33° 24.585 W 091° 02.640
15S E 681886 N 3698423
Historical marker at the location of the first seminary to train African-American Catholic priests in the United States.
Waymark Code: WM36M7
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2008
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Sacred Heart
Roman Catholic Church
The Divine Word Missionaries began school for black youth here in 1913.
In 1920, led by Fr. Matthew Christmann, they founded St. Augustine Seminary,
first seminary in U.S. for training African-American priests. The seminary
moved to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, in 1923. In 1928 Fr. Anthony Jacobs
led Parish in building Romanesque Revival Church ~ text of marker
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