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EDWARD THOMAS DEMBY
1869 - 1957

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Consecrated September 29, 1918
Diocese of Arkansas

Bishop Suffragan for Colored Work
First Black Suffragan Bishop in the United States

Born Wilmington, Delaware. Suffragan Bishop for Colored Work, Diocese of Arkansas and the Province of the Southwest.  Wrote many devotional books including Devotions of the Cross and At the Holy Mass.  Led Church expansion westward.