First Black Bishop Consecrated

The video covers the historic consecration of Joseph O. Bowers as the first Negro Roman Catholic Bishop in the U.S. The ceremony, officiated by Cardinal Spellman, took place in Mississippi. Bishop Bowers, originally from the British West Indies, was trained at St. Augustine Seminary. He will serve in Accra, British West Africa, where he first went as a missionary in 1940.

Who was the first Negro to be made a Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States?

• Richard O. Girod

• John Paul II

• Joseph O. Bowers

• Francis Cardinal Spellman

Which church hosted the consecration ceremony officiated by Cardinal Spellman?

• St. Augustine Seminary

• Church of Our Lady of the Gulf

• St. Peter's Basilica

• Notre Dame Cathedral

Where will Bishop Bowers' new diocese be located?

• New York, USA

• Accra, British West Africa

• Sydney, Australia

• London, UK

Where did Bishop Bowers receive his priestly training?

• Vatican City

• University of Oxford

• St. Augustine Seminary

• Harvard Divinity School

In which year did Bishop Bowers first go to the Gold Coast of Africa as a missionary?

• 1940

• 1950

• 1960

• 1930