Charles Uncles

Father Charles Randolph Uncles, a native of Baltimore, was educated at a Quebec seminary and in 1891 became the first black American ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the United States.^[1][2] He was one of the founders of the St. Joseph Society of the Sacred Heart, formed to minister to the black community.^[3]

During his studies at St. Hyacinthe College-Seminary in Quebec, Canada, Uncles became fluent in Latin, Greek and French. He graduated with the highest grades in his class. Returning to the US, he studied at St. Joseph Seminary in Baltimore. He was ordained in December 1891 at the Cathedral of the Assumption by Cardinal James Gibbons. He celebrated his first Mass on Christmas Day.

From 1891-1925 Father Uncles taught mainly in Epiphany College in Baltimore and New Windsor, New York. He was one of the founding members of the St. Joseph Society of the Sacred Heart in Baltimore in 1893, also known as the Josephite Fathers.

While residing at Epiphany College, Uncles fell ill and died July 21, 1933. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery, July 24,1933 , Josephite Plot, Section "B" in New Windsor. Calvary Cemetery is located on corner of Route 9W, Cedar Ave and Walsh's Road, New Windsor NY and operated by Saint Patrick's Catholic Church of Newburgh, NY. .^[1]

He was the son of Lorenzo and Anna Marie (Buchanan) Uncles. They were parishioners of St. Francis Xavier Church in East Baltimore.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Agnes Kane, "Meeting the Pioneers of Black Catholicism", National Black Catholic Congress
2. ^ Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins and Ira Dworkin, Daughter of the Revolution: The Collected Works of Pauline E. Hopkins, Google Book Search, New Brunswick: Rutgers University, 2007, accessed 8 Sep 2008
3. ^ Josephite Fathers Website

External links

• Agnes Kane, "Meeting the Pioneers of Black Catholicism", National Black Catholic Congress

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