Grayson Warren Brown, Gospel Mass pioneer, dead at 75
The internationally known liturgist, author, and speaker was an integral cog in the Black Catholic Movement and quickly gained broad popularity.
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Msgr Patrick Wells, former Texas Southern dean, dead at 92
The former permanent deacon and pharmacologist, retired from parish work since 2017, had been in poor health since last year.
Harry Belafonte, entertainer and activist, dead at 96
The famed singer and actor, whose financial support helped sustain the Civil Rights Movement, succumbed to heart failure in New York.
Bishop Fernand Cheri III, OFM of New Orleans, noted liturgist and preacher, dead at 71
The internationally known Black Catholic prelate had served as the Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans since 2015.
Tom Sizemore, movie star who passed for White, dead at 61
The one-time Hollywood mainstay who struggled throughout his career with drug addiction has succumbed to illness in California.
Br Howard Studivant, OSB, last surviving member of early interracial monastery, dead at 87
A veteran religious brother who served in one of the first interracial religious communities in America has succumbed to illness in Indiana.
Carolyn Fugett, mother of America's 'first Black billionaire', dead at 97
The head of one of Maryland's most prominent Black families passed away on February 7 in Randallstown.
Sr M. Daniel Cooper, SSF of New Orleans dead at 94
A veteran member of the Sisters of the Holy Family has passed away in New Orleans after 75 years of religious life.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dead at 95
After a life of theological and pontifical service—and a tumultuous 8-year tenure governing a troubled Church—the retired pope in Rome has died following an extended illness.
Fr George Burden, SSJ dies at 81 in Michigan
The Josephites buried a veteran Black priest of their community early this month, the sixth member to pass in the past year.
Fr Wilbur Thomas, first Black Catholic priest in Western North Carolina, dead at 75
A founding clergyman of the Diocese of Charlotte has passed away from cancer after nearly 50 years of priestly ministry.
Emile Adams, oldest US Catholic deacon, dead at 100
The nation's oldest Catholic deacon, an African-American transplant from New Orleans to Los Angeles, will be funeralized in California on Saturday.
Dr. James E. Moore Jr., 'Taste and See' hymnwriter, to be remembered with Memorial Mass on Sunday in Cincinnati
A notable Black Catholic liturgist who died overseas earlier this year will be memorialized Sunday in Ohio at his former parish.
Sr Doris Goudeaux, SSF, promoter of Venerable Henriette DeLille, dead at 91
A Black nun and former co-director of canonization efforts for her order's foundress, Venerable Henriette DeLille, has died in New Orleans.
Reflection: Dr. Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, pioneer of Black Catholic womanist ethics, dead at 61
The nation's only Black Catholic female bioethicist has died at the age of 61 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Nate Tinner-Williams reflects.
Barbara Ward Cooper, oldest-serving legislator in Tenn. history, dead at 93
A well-respected Black legislator in Memphis who served for more than a quarter-century has died in office while running for re-election.