African-American Catholic Friar Minor and missionary priest
Servant of God
Martin Maria de Porres Ward
O.F.M. Conv.
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Ordination
June 4, 1955 by William Scully
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Born
Matthias DeWitte Ward
(1918-03-20)March 20, 1918
Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
Died
June 22, 1999(1999-06-22) (aged 81) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Buried
Andrelândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Parents
William Henry Ward & Clara Irby
Alma mater
St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary
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MartinMaria de Porres Ward, O.F.M. Conv. (born Matthias DeWitte Ward; March 20, 1918 – June 22, 1999) was an African-American Catholic priest and Franciscan friar who served as a missionary in Brazil for more than forty years.[1][2] He was the first African American to join the Conventual Friars Minor.
Ward has been proposed as a candidate for canonization by the Diocese of São João del Rei.[3][4][5] In recognition of this, he now has the title Servant of God.
^Tinner-Williams, Nate (May 23, 2022). "The native of Boston could be one of the first African American saints". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
^"Rio Custody – Canonical Visitation of Minister Provincial | Our Lady of the Angels Province". www.olaprovince.org. Archived from the original on 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
^Tinner-Williams, Nate (2022-07-27). "African-American Catholic priest who served in Brazil could soon be on road to sainthood". Black Catholic Messenger. Archived from the original on 2022-07-29. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
^"Rio Custody – Canonical Visitation of Minister Provincial". www.olaprovince.org. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
^"Franciscanos - Província São Maximilliano Maria Kolbe - 20 anos da memória de Frei Martinho: quando o Evangelho encontra no testemunho a essência da vocação franciscana". www.franciscano.org.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-23.
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