James Augustine Healy

The Right Reverend James Augustine Healy
Bishop of Portland
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Portland
Appointed	February 12, 1875
Term ended	August 5, 1900 (his death)
Predecessor	David William Bacon
Successor	William Henry O'Connell
Orders
Ordination	June 10, 1854 by Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour
Consecration	June 2, 1875 by John Joseph Williams
Personal details
Born	(1830-04-06)April 6, 1830 Jones County, Georgia, U.S.
Died	August 5, 1900(1900-08-05) (aged 70) Portland, Maine, U.S.
Education	College of the Holy Cross Saint-Sulpice Seminary Sulpican Seminary
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James Augustine Healy (April 6, 1830 – August 5, 1900) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first known African American to serve as a Catholic priest or bishop. With his predominantly European ancestry, Healy passed for a white man and identified as such.

Born into slavery in the Healy family of Georgia, James Healy was the son of a White plantation owner and a mixed-race enslaved woman. He was later freed, educated overseas, and ordained a priest in 1854. He served as Bishop of Portland in Maine from 1875 until his death in 1900.