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James Augustine Healy (April 6, 1830 – August 5, 1900) was an American Roman Catholic priest and the second bishop of Portland, Maine. He was the first Black Catholic priest and bishop in the United States (though he identified as and passed for White).
Born in Georgia to a mixed-race slave mother and Irish immigrant father, he was ordained in 1854 and consecrated in 1875; knowledge of his African ancestry was largely restricted to his mentors in the Church. (Augustus Tolton, a former slave who was publicly known to be African-American when ordained in 1886, is for that reason sometimes credited as the first African-American Catholic priest rather than Healy.)
Healy was one of nine mixed-race siblings of the Catholic Healy family of Georgia who survived to adulthood and achieved many "firsts" in United States history; his brothers Patrick and Alexander also became Catholic priests.
James is credited with greatly expanding the Catholic church in Maine at a time of increased Irish immigration. He also served the Abenaki people and many parishioners of French Canadian descent who were traditionally Catholic. He spoke both English and French.
When Healy returned to the United States, he became an assistant pastor in Boston. He served the Archbishop, who helped establish his standing in the church. In 1866 Healy became the pastor of St. James Church, the largest Catholic congregation in Boston. In 1874 when the Boston legislature was considering taxation of churches, Healy defended Catholic institutions as vital organizations that helped the state both socially and financially. He also condemned certain laws that were generally enforced only on Catholic institutions. He founded several Catholic charitable institutions to care for the many poor Irish immigrants who had arrived during the Great Famine years.
His success in the public sphere led to his appointment by Pope Pius IX to the position of second bishop of Portland, Maine. Healy was consecrated as Bishop of Portland on June 2, 1875, becoming the first African American to be consecrated a Catholic bishop. For 25 years he governed his large diocese, supervising also the founding of the Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire, when it was split from Portland in 1885. During his tenure in Maine, which was a period of extensive immigration from Catholic countries, Healy oversaw the establishment of 60 new churches, 68 missions, 18 convents, and 18 schools. He also served the many French Canadians and Abenaki people in Portland , who were historically Catholic. Healy was the only member of the American Catholic hierarchy to excommunicate men who joined the Knights of Labor, a national union, which reached its peak of power in 1886.
Two months before his death, Healy was called as assistant to the Papal throne by Pope Leo XIII, a position in the Catholic hierarchy just below that of cardinal.
Wikipedia entry for "James Augustine Healy," viewed 6/24/21
James Augustine Healy (April 6, 1830 – August 5, 1900) was an American Roman Catholic priest and the second bishop of Portland, Maine. He was the first Black Catholic priest and bishop in the United States (though he identified as and passed for White).<p>
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Born in Georgia to a mixed-race slave mother and Irish immigrant father, he was ordained in 1854 and consecrated in 1875; knowledge of his African ancestry was largely restricted to his mentors in the Church. (Augustus Tolton, a former slave who was publicly known to be African-American when ordained in 1886, is for that reason sometimes credited as the first African-American Catholic priest rather than Healy.)
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Healy was one of nine mixed-race siblings of the Catholic Healy family of Georgia who survived to adulthood and achieved many "firsts" in United States history; his brothers Patrick and Alexander also became Catholic priests.
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James is credited with greatly expanding the Catholic church in Maine at a time of increased Irish immigration. He also served the Abenaki people and many parishioners of French Canadian descent who were traditionally Catholic. He spoke both English and French.
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When Healy returned to the United States, he became an assistant pastor in Boston. He served the Archbishop, who helped establish his standing in the church. In 1866 Healy became the pastor of St. James Church, the largest Catholic congregation in Boston. In 1874 when the Boston legislature was considering taxation of churches, Healy defended Catholic institutions as vital organizations that helped the state both socially and financially. He also condemned certain laws that were generally enforced only on Catholic institutions. He founded several Catholic charitable institutions to care for the many poor Irish immigrants who had arrived during the Great Famine years.
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His success in the public sphere led to his appointment by Pope Pius IX to the position of second bishop of Portland, Maine. Healy was consecrated as Bishop of Portland on June 2, 1875, becoming the first African American to be consecrated a Catholic bishop. For 25 years he governed his large diocese, supervising also the founding of the Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire, when it was split from Portland in 1885. During his tenure in Maine, which was a period of extensive immigration from Catholic countries, Healy oversaw the establishment of 60 new churches, 68 missions, 18 convents, and 18 schools. He also served the many French Canadians and Abenaki people in Portland , who were historically Catholic. Healy was the only member of the American Catholic hierarchy to excommunicate men who joined the Knights of Labor, a national union, which reached its peak of power in 1886.
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Two months before his death, Healy was called as assistant to the Papal throne by Pope Leo XIII, a position in the Catholic hierarchy just below that of cardinal.
Lamson Studio collection of glass plate negatives, 1800s-ca. 1900.
Lamson Studio (Portland, Me.). Lamson Studio collection of glass plate negatives, 1800s-ca. 1900.
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Lamson Studio collection of glass plate negatives, 1800s-ca. 1900.
Glass plate negatives of Maine people, many of them well-known such as: Robert Browning, Herman Kotzschmar, George S. Fessenden, John Neal, Thomas Brackett Reed, James Augustine Healy, Daniel Longfellow, James Phinney Baxter, Samuel Fessenden, Edward P. Payson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Jacob McLellan, Francis Ormond Jonathan Smith, Seba Smith, Lillian Marilla Nickerson Stevens, William Willis, James Augustine Healy, and Nathan Webb.
Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward papers, 1823-1934 (inclusive) 1837-1900 (bulk).
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John Mead Gould papers, 1854-1930.
Gould, John Mead, 1839-1930. John Mead Gould papers, 1854-1930.
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John Mead Gould papers, 1854-1930.
Genealogical material relating to the ancestry of Mager Gould (d. 1781) of Ipswich, Mass.; an historical sketch of the Portland Society of Natural History and newspaper clippings relating to the society's seventieth anniversary celebration; letters written by J.M. Gould to his parents while a student at Gould Academy, Bethel, Me.; and correspondence from Percival Proctor Baxter, William Bingham, 2nd, J.N. Bolling, Jonathan Prince Cilley, William Pierce Frye, Wendell Phillips Garrison, Obadiah Gardner, James Augustine Healy, Asher Crosby Hinds, Charles Edgar Littlefield, Knute Nelson, Charles Edward Pickering, and others.
Gould, John Mead, 1839-1930. John Mead Gould papers, 1854-1930.
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The Rev. Patrick F. Healy, S.J., papers, 1841-1983 (bulk 1877-1906).
Healy, Patrick Francis, 1834-1910. The Rev. Patrick F. Healy, S.J., papers, 1841-1983 (bulk 1877-1906).
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The Rev. Patrick F. Healy, S.J., papers, 1841-1983 (bulk 1877-1906).
The Rev. Patrick F. Healy, S.J., papers are comprised of five diaries of Father Healy covering, with some gaps, the years 1877 to 1906; a limited quantity of correspondence, both sent and received by him; a number of documents pertaining to Patrick Healy and his brother James, including some indulgences from Spain; photographs of Father Healy and some of his brothers; clippings about the Healy family; and a group of academic notebooks, largely in Latin, kept by Healy during the 1850's and 60s, and perhaps into the 1870's.
Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.
The Rev. Joseph M. Finotti, S.J., papers, 1846-1878.
Finotti, Joseph M. (Joseph Maria), 1817-1879. The Rev. Joseph M. Finotti, S.J., papers, 1846-1878.
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The Rev. Joseph M. Finotti, S.J., papers, 1846-1878.
The Rev. Joseph M. Finotti, S.J., papers consist of Fr. Finotti's diaries from 1846 to 1876; scrapbooks assembled by him in 1877 and 1878; some letters written by Fr. Finotti, as well as correspondence received by him; manuscripts of both writings by Finotti and his translations into English of works by others; assorted printed matter; and miscellaneous materials relating to his work as a priest and to his family. While some of the correspondence is of a personal nature, much of it is on bibliographic and religious, particularly Catholic, topics. The printed material includes five numbers of 'The rock', a newspaper published for the Catholics of Colorado; the first two issues of 'The weekly register', a Catholic periodical published in Brooklyn, N.Y.; an 1868 booklet in German on the Rev. Johannes N. Merz, an early mission priest in Buffalo, N.Y.; and a large collection of instructions, letters, and circulars sent to diocesan clergy by the Bishop of Boston and signed by the chancellor of the diocese, James Augustine Healy, brother of Patrick F. Healy and later Bishop of Portland, Me.
Finotti, Joseph M. (Joseph Maria), 1817-1879. The Rev. Joseph M. Finotti, S.J., papers, 1846-1878.
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Work book. [1901?]
Healy, J.A. Work book.
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Work book. [1901?]
A volume used by J.A. Healy to record the number of hours worked each day per month for various individuals in their districts. The only location mentioned is Lisbon Falls, Maine. No indication of the type of work done is recorded in the volume.
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