Knights of Peter Claver

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.

Knights of Peter Claver
AbbreviationKPC
FormationNovember 7, 1909 (1909-11-07)
TypeCatholic fraternal service organization
Headquarters1825 Orleans Ave,
New Orleans, Louisiana
Membership
Registered knights, ladies, junior knights, and junior daughters
Supreme Knight
Dr. Christopher Pichon
Supreme Lady
Micaela J. LeBlanc
Main organ
Councils (men) and courts (women)
AffiliationsSaint Peter Claver Foundation
Websitewww.kofpc.org
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Overview
Background
People
Saints
On the way to sainthood
Cardinals
  • Wilton D. Gregory
Archbishops
Bishops
Priests
Seminarians
  • William Augustine Williams
Families
Institutions
Churches
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
Fraternal orders
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
Literature
  • History of Black Catholics in the United States (Davis)
Worship
  • Gospel Mass
  • Black Unity Mass
  • Prayer
  • Sacraments
Rites

Roman

  • Ordinary Form
  • Zaire Use
Controversies
Miscellaneous

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