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Published February 12, 2015 at 1193 × 748 in Morning Prayer 13.2.15, Absalom Jones, 1st Black Priest in The Episcopal Church, 1818

St. Thomas African Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, founded by Fr. Absalom Jones after he and his friend Richard Allen led followers in walking walked out of St. George's Methodist Church one Sunday, when the White church tried to spring racial segregation on them. They established the Free African Society, a mutual aid association, built their own church and applied to the Episcopal diocese for membership. Bishop William White admitted the new church and eventually ordained Absalom Jones, while Richard Allen decided to found his own denomination, the venerable African Methodist Episcopal Church. (Episcopal News Service)

St. Thomas African Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, one of the leading African-American parishes in the Episcopal Church, founded by Absalom Jones. (Episcopal News Service)

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