Archbishop James P.

Archbishop James P. is a Tennessee historical marker in Memphis, Shelby County.

Shelby Co., Northeast Corner Trigg and Lyke - 1939-92 Lauderdale. 580 E. Trigg,Memphis, TN

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Born on February 18 in Chicago, Illinois, Father James P. Lyke, OFM, Ph. D. was the first African-American Catholic priest to serve in Tennessee. Two years after his June 24, 1966 ordination, he was assigned to St. Thomas (St. Augustine) Church where he served until 1977. On August 1, 1979, when ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Clevland, Ohio, he became the fifth American-American and youngest Bishop in the nation. In 1991, Pope John Paul II named him Archbishop of Atlanta. Until his death on December 27, 1992, Archbishop James P. Lyke was the highest ranking African-American prelate in the U. S.

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1835 · Chickasaw Cession, Mississippi (1835) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1916 · Memphis, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1925 · Memphis, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1927 · Memphis, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1939 · Memphis, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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