William Donald Borders Death, Bio

Name William Donald Borders
Date of Birth October 9, 1913
Place of Birth Indiana

William Donald Borders

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William Donald Borders was born on October 9, 1913 in Indiana. He died on Apr 19, 2010 (age 96). He was the 13th Archbishop of Baltimore, serving in that role from 1974 until 1989. He was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

At the close of the 1930s, he attended Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans in order to prepare for ordination as a priest. By paying for the ropes that divided the African American parishioners from the rest of the congregation, he helped put an end to the practise of segregation in his church. There were a total of six of his brothers and sisters.

William Donald Borders

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