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The Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary is an international Catholic fraternal service order. Founded in 1909 by the Josephites and parishioners from Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Mobile, Alabama, it is the largest and oldest Black Catholic lay-led organization still in existence. [1]
Geddes was a member of the NAACP, the YWCA, and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Peter Claver. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 2 ] She died on February 20, 1970, in New Orleans .
The French Hospital on Orleans Avenue, 1937 The Peter Claver Building , previously the French Hospital , was a historic building in New Orleans, Louisiana . It occupied the square bounded by Orleans, Derbigny, Ann Street, and Roman Streets, just back from Claiborne Avenue.
Pages in category "Knights of Peter Claver & Ladies Auxiliary" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
He also organized the Louisiana State Federation of Catholic Societies (1908), Catholic Societies of Women of Louisiana (1911), Knights of Peter Claver at Opelousas (1912), and Catholic Women's Club (1916). [12] He also wrote the article on New Orleans bishop Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cardenas for the Catholic Encyclopedia. [13]
The Knights of Peter Claver, the largest and oldest Black Catholic organization in the United States, was founded by congregants and priests from the parish in 1909. [2] [3] Its clergy and congregation later took an active role in the Civil Rights Movement. [4] [5]
Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. (October 9, 1916 – July 17, 1991) was an African-American clergyman of the Catholic Church.An auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans for more than twenty years beginning in 1966, he was the first openly African-American Catholic bishop, the second overall, and the first since 1875.
Cheri was named the Titular bishop of Membressa and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans by Pope Francis on January 12, 2015. His episcopal consecration took place on March 23, 2015, at the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France in New Orleans. Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans was the