Augustus Tolton

John Augustus Tolton (April 1, 1854 – July 9, 1897), baptized Augustine Tolton, was the first Catholic priest in the United States publicly known to be African American. (The Healy brothers, who preceded him, all passed for White.) Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886.

Venerable Augustus Tolton
Augustus Tolton, c. 1897
Born	John Augustus Tolton (1854-04-01)April 1, 1854 Ralls County, Missouri, U.S.
Died	July 9, 1897(1897-07-09) (aged 43) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Pope: Francis
History
Black Catholic Movement
National Black Catholic Congress

People

Saints
Moses the Black Augustine Monica Benedict the Moor Martin de Porres Peter Claver Katharine Drexel
On the way to sainthood
Pierre and Juliette Toussaint Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP Henriette Delille, SSF Augustus Tolton Samuel Henderson Julia Greeley Mary Theodore Williams, FHM Thea Bowman, FSPA Martin de Porres Ward, OFMConv
Cardinals
Wilton D. Gregory
Archbishops
Eugene A. Marino, SSJ James P. Lyke, OFM
Bishops
James Healy Joseph O. Bowers, SVD Harold R. Perry, SVD Joseph L. Howze
Priests
Patrick Healy, SJ John R. Slattery, SSJ Charles F. Uncles, SSJ Cyprian Davis, OSB Clarence Rivers Paschal Salisbury, OP
Seminarians
William Augustine Williams
Families
Healy family

Institutions

Churches
Basilicas Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Norfolk, Virginia) Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica Other St Augustine (New Orleans) St Augustine (D.C.) St Francis Xavier (Baltimore) St Benedict the Moor (NYC) Most Pure Heart of Mary (Mobile)
Religious communities
Oblate Sisters of Providence Sisters of the Holy Family Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary The Josephites Society of African Missions
Fraternal orders
Knights of Peter Claver
Schools
Xavier University of Louisiana Claver College St. Augustine High School (New Orleans) St. Augustine Seminary (Bay St. Louis) St. Anthony's Mission House
Organizations
Colored Catholic Congress Federated Colored Catholics National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus National Black Sisters' Conference National Black Catholic Seminarians' Association National Black Catholic Lay Caucus The National Office for Black Catholics National Association of Black Catholic Administrators National Black Catholic Congress Black Catholic Theological Symposium Institute for Black Catholic Studies National Association of Black Catholic Deacons

Assigned to the Diocese of Alton (now the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois), Tolton first ministered at his home parish in Quincy, Illinois before opposition from local White Catholics and Black protestants caused discord. Reassigned to Chicago, Tolton led the development and construction of St. Monica's Catholic Church as a black "national parish", completed in 1893 at 36th and Dearborn Streets on Chicago's South Side. Soon after, he died of a heat stroke at the age of 43 in 1897.

Tolton's cause for beatification was opened in 2010, and he was declared venerable by Pope Francis in June 2019.

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