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Meet the Bishops
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Moses
B. Anderson |
Edward K. Braxton |
Shelton J. Fabre |
Curtis J. Guillory |
George V. Murry |
Joseph N. Perry |
John H. Ricard |
Guy Sansaricq
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In recognition of November as Black Catholic History Month, Disciples Now is pleased to introduce:
 MOST REVEREND MOSES B. ANDERSON
Retired
- Born: September 9, 1928
- Hometown: Selma, AL
- Ordained to the priesthood: 1958
- Episcopal Ordination: 1983
- Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit 1983-2004
Did You Know...?
Bishop Anderson was raised Baptist and was received into the Church in 1949, and,
Bishop Anderson was also appointed chief of a clan within the Ashante tribe in Africa
 MOST REVEREND EDWARD K. BRAXTON
Bishop of Belleville, IL
- Born: June 28, 1944
- Hometown: Chicago, IL
- Ordained to priesthood: 1970
- Episcopal Ordination: 1995
- Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis, MO 1995-2001
- Bishop of Lake Charles, LA 2001-2005
- Installed as eighth bishop of Belleville, IL on June 22, 2005
Did You Know...?
Bishop Braxton is a big fan of white water rafting on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
 MOST REVEREND SHELTON J. FABRE
Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, LA
- Born: October 25, 1963
- Hometown: New Roads, LA
- Ordained to priesthood: 1989
- Episcopal Ordination: 2007
Did You Know...?
When he was a teen, Bishop Shelton worked summers alongside his father as a bricklayer
 MOST REVEREND CURTIS J. GUILLORY, S.J.
Bishop of Beaumont, TX
- Born: September 1, 1943
- Hometown: Mallet, Louisiana
- Ordained to priesthood: 1972
- Episcopal Ordination: 1988
- Auxiliary Bishop of Galvestion-Houston, TX 1988-2000
- Installed as fifth bishop of Beaumont, TX on July 28, 2000
Did You Know...?
Bishop Guillory is the oldest of 16 children, and,
Bishop Guillory was the only bishop to carry the Olympic torch in the torch relay for the 1996 Olympic games
 MOST REVEREND GEORGE V. MURRY, S.J.
Bishop of Youngstown, OH
- Born: December 28, 1948
- Hometown: Camden, NJ
- Ordained to priesthood: 1979
- Episcopal Ordination: 1995
- Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago 1995-1999
- Bishop of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands 1999-2005
- Installed as fifth bishop of Youngstown on March 28, 2007
Did You Know...?
The homily given by Bishop Murry at his installation Mass in Youngstown is available on YouTube. Ceck it out: Installation Homily
 MOST REVEREND JOSEPH N. PERRY
Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, IL
- Born: April 18, 1948
- Hometown: Chicago, IL
- Ordained to priesthood: 1975
- Episcopal Ordination: 1998
 MOST REVEREND JOHN H. RICARD, S.S.J.
Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee
- Born: February 29, 1940
- Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Member of the Josephite Fathers
- Ordained to the priesthood: 1968
- Episcopal Ordination: 1984
- Installed as 4th Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee on March 13, 1997
Did You Know...?
Despite being born in 1940, Bishop Ricard has only celebrated 17 actual birthdays. (Hint: check birth date....he's a leap-year bishop!)
 MOST REVEREND GUY SANSARICQ
Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, NY
- Born: October 6, 1934
- Hometown: Jeremie, Haiti
- Ordained to priesthood: 1960
- Episcopal Ordination: 2006
Did You Know...?
Bishop Sansaricq made the decision to become a priest at the age of 13
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