St. Charles Borromeo Church
211 West 141st Street | Harlem | built 1964
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- 1966
Eddie Bonnemère performs the first Catholic jazz Mass in the US
Musician Eddie Bonnemère performed his Missa Hodierna at St. Charles Borromeo in 1966. It is described as the first jazz Mass in a Catholic church in the United States. The Harlem parish had been established in 1888.
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- 1978
Emerson Moore becomes the first Black Catholic monsignor in the US
Emerson J. Moore became St. Charles Borromeo's first African-American pastor in 1975, succeeding Father Edward Dugan. In 1978 he was made a monsignor, the first Black monsignor in the United States. Pope John Paul II appointed him a bishop in 1982.
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- 1979
Pope John Paul II visits St. Charles Borromeo parish
Pope John Paul II visited the St. Charles Borromeo parish in person in 1979. The parish was merged with All Saints Church in 2015.
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