Henry Beard Delany, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Beard Delany

The first Black Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1858

Date of Death: 14-Apr-1928

Profession: priest

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Henry Beard Delany

  • Henry Beard Delany (February 5, 1858 – April 14, 1928) was the first African-American elected bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.
  • The Episcopal Church honors him, along with fellow African American bishop Edward Thomas Demby, who died on the same day in 1957, with a feast day on the liturgical calendar on the anniversary of their deaths, April 14.

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