Harold Robert Perry

Biography

Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. (October 9, 1916 – July 17, 1991) was an American Catholic prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of New Orleans from 1966 to 1991. He was the first openly African-American Catholic bishop, the second overall, and the first since 1875. A member of the Society of the Divine Word, Perry was also the first Black male provincial superior in the United States, and the first African-American clergyman to deliver the opening prayer in Congress.

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