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.
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
^ ab"Bishop Carl Fisher, 48; Broke a Racial Barrier (Published 1993)". Associated Press. 1993-09-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
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