1874
1874: The Reverend James Theodore Holly became the first bishop of the Orthodox Apostolic Haitian Church.
1874: The Reverend James Theodore Holly became the first bishop of the Orthodox Apostolic Haitian Church. He was a prominent American immigrant who advocated for the regeneration of the black race through religious independence.
Source · p. 84
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 84