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First black Texas Catholic bishop installed
On this day in 1988, Louisiana native Curtis Guillory, the first black
Catholic bishop in Texas, was installed as auxiliary bishop of the
Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston.The first blacks to arrive in what
is now the United States came with the Spaniards and were
Spanish-speaking members of the Catholic Church. Estevanico, the first
known black Catholic in Texas, was a guide and interpreter for Álvar
Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. In more recent times Louisiana, with its French
Catholic heritage, contributed many black Catholics to Texas, first as
refugee slaves during the Civil War and later as migrants to Texas
cities. In 1993, of the two million black Catholics nationwide,
approximately 54,000 lived in Texas. The largest number resided in the
Houston-Galveston Area. After his service as auxiliary of
Galveston-Houston, Bishop Guillory became ordinary of the diocese of
Beaumont.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- BLACK CATHOLICS
- GALVESTON-HOUSTON, CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF
- ESTEVANICO
- CATHOLIC CHURCH
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