Bereich "Identifikation"
Typ des Rechtsträgers
Person
Autorisierte Namensform
Thompson, August Louis, Fr.
Parallele Namensformen
Standardisierte Namensform gemäß anderer Regelwerke
- Thompson, August Louis, Fr., 1926-2019
Andere Namensformen
- Fr. August L. Thompson
- Fr. August Louis Thompson
- Fr. August Thompson
Kennzahlen für Körperschaften
Beschreibungsfeld
Daten des Bestehens
1926-2019
Geschichte
Fr. August Thompson was an African-American priest who was serving at St. Charles Church in Ferriday, Louisiana, at the time of writing to Merton. He was interviewed by John Howard Griffin for an article for «Ramparts» magazine about the experience of being a black Catholic priest and the effects of racism on the Catholic Church. He ran into some trouble with his bishop, Charles Pasquale Greco, of Alexandria, Louisiana. The bishop disputed many claims of institutional racism by Thompson, and was even angrier that the Church was given a bad image publicly on this issue. Thompson met Merton in 1963 and corresponded with him for a number of years.
Orte
Rechtlicher Status
Ämter, Beschäftigungen und Aktivitäten
Mandate/Herkunft der Kompetenz
Interne Strukturen/Genealogie
Allgemeiner Zusammenhang
Beziehungsfeld
Verwandte Einheiten
Greco, Charles P., Bishop (1894-1987)
Identifier of related entity
Kategorie der Beziehung
hierarchisch
Art der Beziehung
Greco, Charles P., Bishop ist der Vorgesetzte von Thompson, August Louis, Fr.
Zeitliche Dauer der Beziehung
1957 - 1973