Identity area
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Person
Authorized form of name
Thompson, August Louis, Fr.
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- Thompson, August Louis, Fr., 1926-2019
Other form(s) of name
- Fr. August L. Thompson
- Fr. August Louis Thompson
- Fr. August Thompson
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Description area
Dates of existence
1926-2019
History
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.
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Relationships area
Related entity
Greco, Charles P., Bishop (1894-1987)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Greco, Charles P., Bishop is the superior of Thompson, August Louis, Fr.
Dates of relationship
1957 - 1973