St. Augustine's

ID: 1121
This file appears in: Eminent Theologian

John Lancaster Spaulding helped organized the first African American Catholic church in Louisville at St. Augustine's in 1866. This photograph shows a group of children from that church in 1921. Courtesy of the University of Louisville.

This file appears in: Eminent Theologian

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1303 in Lebanon notes the life and service of Bishop John Lancaster Spalding. Spalding was born in Lebanon in 1840 to Richard Martin and Mary Jane Lancaster Spalding. His uncle,…