James P. Lyke
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James Patterson Lyke, OFM (b. 18 February 1939, Chicago, Illinois - d. 27 December 1992, Atlanta, Georgia) was an African-American Franciscan friar, who became the fourth Archbishop of Atlanta.
Episcopal Motto: CHRISTUS PAX (translation: Christ Our Peace), taken from Ephesians 2: 13-14
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[edit] Biodata
He joined the Order of Friars Minor in 1959. He was ordained on 24 June 1966.
He was ordained as Bishop on 1 August 1979.
[edit] Education
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Our Lady of Angles House (at Quincy College, Quincy, Illinois).
Master of Divinity, St. Joseph Theological Seminary (Teutopolis, Illinois).
Ph.D in Theology, Union Graduate School (Cincinnati, Ohio).
[edit] Episcopal service
Appointed Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior and Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland by Pope John Paul II on 30 June 1979
Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese of Cleveland (1 August 1979 - 10 July 1990).
Apostolic Administrator, Archdiocese of Atlanta (10 July 1990 - 30 April 1991).
Archbishop of Atlanta (30 April 1991 - 27 December 1992).
[edit] Ministry assignments
- Religion Teacher, Franciscan High School (Parma, Ohio)
1968 - 1977 (Memphis, Tennessee)
- Pastor, St. Thomas Church
1977-1979 (Grambling, Louisiana)
- Pastor, St. Benedict the Black Church
- Chaplain, Newman Center (campus ministry) at Grambling State University
1979-1990 (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland
- Episcopal Vicar for the urban region of the Diocese of Cleveland: 73 parishes, 50 Catholic elementary schools, 7 Catholic high schools, 21 social service agencies, approximately 140,00 individual Catholics
1990-1992 (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
[edit] Highlights
He was a major player in the Black Catholic Movement - a movement of African American Catholics in the United States to accept the call of the Second Vatican Council by infusing Black culture into Catholic Christian expression.
He was President of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus.
He co-ordinated the hymnal project that created LEAD ME, GUIDE ME: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CATHOLIC HYMNAL, published in 1987 by GIA Publications, Inc.
He served on the administrative committee and the administrative board of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
He helped to establish the Black Liturgy Subcommittee of the Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy.
He was a Board Member of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. Bishops' domestic anti-poverty campaign - the largest funder of community-controlled self-help groups that seek to eliminate poverty.
[edit] Trivia
- Lyke House - the Catholic Center in the Atlanta University Center - is named for him.
