John Cody
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John Patrick Cody was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph, Archbishop of New Orleans, and Archbishop of Chicago. He was named a cardinal in 1967.
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Cardinal Cody's final resting place
George Clements
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George Harold Clements was an African-American Catholic priest who in 1981 became the first Catholic priest in the Chicago area to adopt a child. He was also instrumental in the Black Catholic Movemen
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…protagonist of a series of public handshakes between high prelates of the Roman Catholic Church and the heads of Freemasonry. Cody butted heads with Fr George Clements for similar reasons, as local Black Catholics sought more Black representation in the local pastorate, especially at Black parishes. Cody circumvented…
Fr. George H. Clements giving Holy Communion, 1973. Photo by John H. White.