Fr. George H. Clements

CTL-E-1390 · Person · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Catholic priest; second African American ordained in the Archdiocese of Chicago (1957); first Black pastor of Holy Angels Catholic Church, Bronzeville (1969-1991); civil rights marcher; founder of One Church-One Child and the first U.S. Catholic priest to adopt a child (1981).

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from SCI-004; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-SCI-004:george-h-clements; source research type(s): leader. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Religion News Service obituary; Archdiocese of Chicago parish assignment list (2019)
Religion News Service; CatholicPhilly (citing Chicago Sun-Times)
The HistoryMakers, finding aid (A2003_043) (primary source)
BishopAccountability.org, citing WGN-TV (2022-04-26) and ABC-TV Channel 7 (2022)

Record CTL-E-1390 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 4 sources (1 primary) · CTL research: SCI-004.
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