Episode 2 of 2

First Mass in America

When: July 7, 1886
Where: St. Mary's Hospital, Hoboken
Part of: Event of 1886: Father Augustine Tolton, the first Roman Catholic priest from the United States

Tolton offered his first Mass on American soil at St. Mary's Hospital in Hoboken, New Jersey, on July 7, 1886.

After being reassigned to the United States as a missionary to African Americans, Tolton offered his first Mass on American soil at St. Mary's Hospital in Hoboken, New Jersey, on July 7, 1886.

Sources

Augustus Tolton Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-24

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