Charlene Roberts-Hayden, pioneering computer scientist and Black Catholic official, dead at 86

May 27, 2025 | Black Catholic Messenger

The Massachusetts native helped popularize a formerly top-secret coding language and later led the Black Catholic office in the Archdiocese of Boston.

Charlene Roberts-Hayden, a pioneering Black  computer scientist and ministry director in the Archdiocese of Boston, has died at 86 in Boston. No cause of death was released, but she had been in hospice care before her passing on May 11, according to The Boston Globe.

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