May 28, 2026 | The Record Newspaper
Bishop Ricard, first Black bishop to serve as Baltimore auxiliary and cousin of Archbishop Fabre, dies at 86
By Barb Fraze, Catholic Review/OSV News
Retired Bishop John H. Ricard, the first Black bishop to be an auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and to head the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, died May 20 at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Washington.
Bishop Ricard, also a nationally respected advocate for racial justice and a cousin of Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre, was 86.
