By Nate Tinner-Williams | Black Catholic Messenger

The late Fr Clarence Rivers, widely regarded as the father of Black Catholic liturgy, will soon receive a historical marker in his native Cincinnati, according to the local archdiocese’s Black Catholic ministry.

Dcn Royce Winters, head of the Office of African American Pastoral Ministries, announced the news on Dec. 1, roughly a year after first sharing that an application for the marker was accepted by a state historical commission.