Carl Anthony Fisher

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseLos Angeles
AppointedDecember 23, 1986
Term endedSeptember 3, 1993
Other post(s)Titular Bishop of Tlos
Orders
OrdinationJune 2, 1973
ConsecrationFebruary 23, 1987
by Roger Michael Mahony, John James Ward, Juan Alfredo Arzube
Personal details
Born(1945-11-24)November 24, 1945
DiedSeptember 3, 1993(1993-09-03) (aged 47)
Los Angeles, California
BuriedCathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Alma materSt. Joseph Seminary (DC)

Carl Anthony Fisher, SSJ (November 24, 1945 September 2, 1993) was an African-American Catholic prelate who served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles from 1987 until his death in 1993. He was the first (and as of 2022, the only) Black Catholic bishop on the West Coast.[1]

He was a member of the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, a religious community that serves African Americans. He was the third Josephite to be made a bishop, and as of 2022, the latest.

Biography

Born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Fisher attended Epiphany Apostolic College as well as St. Joseph's Seminary, and was ordained to the priesthood for the Society of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart on June 2, 1973. He then served in Baltimore for some time, including at Historic St Francis Xavier Church beginning in 1982.[1]

On December 23, 1986, he was appointed titular bishop of Tlos and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and was consecrated on February 23, 1987. He was the first African-American Catholic bishop west of Texas, and as of 2022 none have been named since.

He died of colon cancer while in office, at the age of 47 in 1993.[2]

Sex abuse allegations

In Augustin 2019, the Archdiocese of Baltimore announced that Fisher was the subject of multiple abuse allegations, all of which were received after his death.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Bishop Carl Fisher, 48; Broke a Racial Barrier (Published 1993)". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1993-09-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  2. Carl Anthony Fisher
  3. "Baltimore Archdiocese adds name of deceased LA auxiliary to accused clergy list | Angelus News". 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
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