Monsignor Thomas Paul Hadden, history of a pastor by Alex Bass

Join Triangle Tribune reporter Alex Bass at Saint Joseph Catholic Church for a program on Msgr. Thomas Paul Hadden (1929-2012), one of the first Black pastors at a predominantly white parish in North Carolina, and the first Black seminarian at the North American College in Rome. Msgr. Hadden was born in Raleigh and attended Saint Monica Catholic School. Saint Joseph’s was formed in 1968 and Msgr. Hadden was one of its early leaders.

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