James Augustine Healy

Date of Birth: April 6, 1830

Place of Birth: Macon, Georgia

Date of Death: August 5, 1900

Place of Death: Portland, Maine

Ethnicity:
*Irish (father)
*African-American, English (mother)

James Augustine Healy was an American Roman Catholic priest.

He is regarded as the first Roman Catholic priest of African-American descent.

James was the son of Mary Eliza (Clark/Smith) and Michael Morris Healy.

His father, who was white and a plantation owner, was born in County Roscommon, Ireland. His mother was a slave, of mixed-race ancestry.

His brother was Patrick Francis Healy, who was President of Georgetown University.