Martin de Porres Ward
Priest
Martin Maria de Porres Ward, O.F.M. Conv. was an African-American Catholic priest and Franciscan friar who served as a missionary in Brazil for more than forty years. He was the first African American to join the Conventual Friars Minor. Wikipedia
Born: March 20, 1918
Died: June 22, 1999 (age 81 years), Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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He ministered in the Brazilian Custody in many capacities as a teacher, counselor, chaplain, and in the formation of the young friars. He is most noted as being ...