Father Gus Taylor, co-founder of Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, dies at 84

[Michie]

Father Augustus Taylor. | Credit: Diocese of Steubenville

Father Gus Taylor, a U.S. priest who was key in several prominent 20th-century Black Catholic initiatives, passed away last month at 85.

Taylor died in Los Angeles from unspecified causes on Nov. 5, the Black Catholic Messenger reported on Thursday. His funeral was scheduled for Friday afternoon at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Jefferson Park.

Born in 1940 in Lexington, Kentucky, Taylor attended Catholic schools in Cincinnati, according to a biography at the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus. He graduated from the Athenaeum of Ohio and was ordained in Steubenville, Ohio, on Dec. 10, 1966, becoming the first Black priest ordained for that diocese.

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Father Gus Taylor, co-founder of Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, dies

Father Gus Taylor died in Los Angeles from unspecified causes on Nov. 5, the Black Catholic Messenger reported on Thursday.

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[RileyG]

May he rest in the peace of Christ