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Raymond Caesar
Raymond Rodly Caesar, Society of the Divine Word, SVD (14 February 1932 – 18 June 1987) was an Americans, American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka, Bishop of Goroka in Papua New Guinea from 1980 until his death in 1987. He was the first African Americans, African American to serve as a Catholic bishop outside of the United States. Biography Born in Eunice, Louisiana, to Celina Comeaux and Prosper Caesar, Caesar was ordained to the priesthood for the Society of the Divine Word in 1961, during a period when African-American priests were still few and far-between. He had graduated from St. Augustine Seminary (Bay St. Louis), St. Augustine Seminary in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, the only seminary in the United States created to educate African Americans specifically. The White supremacy, White Supremacist climate of the United States at the time dictated, for most Catholic Ordinary (church officer), ordinaries, that Black priests could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eunice, Louisiana
Eunice is a city in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, Acadia and St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, St. Landry parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The 2010 United States Census, 2010 census placed the population at 10,398, a decrease of 1,101, or 9.5 percent, from the 2000 United States Census, 2000 tabulation of 11,499. The St. Landry Parish portion of Eunice is part of the Opelousas, Louisiana, Opelousas–Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area, while the Acadia Parish portion is part of the Crowley, Louisiana, Crowley Micropolitan Statistical Area. History One-time lawman and pioneer land developer Curley Duson, C.C. Duson is credited with founding Eunice, which was named for his second wife, Eunice Pharr Duson. He and his brother, W.W. Duson, had already founded Crowley, Louisiana in 1887, and now he looked to the north of the parish for future development. Duson bought of land from Willie Humble of Prairie Faquetaïque and mapped out a town site, laid out in lots 50-by-140 feet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |