Barry Black
Religious Leader
1948 –
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Who is Barry Black?
Rear Admiral Barry C. Black, USN is the 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate. He was elected to this position on June 27, 2003, becoming the first African American and the first Seventh-day Adventist to hold this office. The Senate elected its first chaplain in 1789.
He served for over 27 years as a chaplain in the United States Navy, rising to the rank of rear admiral and ending his career as the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy, the senior chaplain of the United States Navy Chaplain Corps. He officially retired from the Navy on August 15, 2003.
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- Born
- Nov 1, 1948
Baltimore - Religion
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Oakwood College
- Andrews University
- Pine Forge Academy
- Palmer Theological Seminary
- Alliant International University
- North Carolina Central University
- Salve Regina University
- Lived in
- Baltimore
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on July 23, 2013
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