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Carl Fisher, identified as African American and part Mississippi Choctaw, became an Auxiliary Bishop for the Los Angeles Archdiocese in 1987 and supervised 70 parishes, 53 elementary schools and 10 high schools in the San Pedro Pastoral Region. He was the 12th Black Catholic Bishop in the United States and the first on the West Coast. Auxiliary Bishop Carl Fisher (1945-1993), center, poses outside of a parish with Native Americans at his first mass in the Los Angeles area. From left to right: Chris Diaz (Chumash Nation), Paul Hand, Bishop Fisher, Paul, unknown, and Gilbert Melegoza.
Diaz, Chris Hand, Paul Fisher, Carl Melegoza, Gilbert Bishops--United States Church buildings--California--Los Angeles Shades of L.A. Collection photographs Shades of L.A. Native American photographs
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