Carl Anthony Fisher

Carl Anthony Fisher, SSJ (November 24, 1945 – September 2, 1993) was an African-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 1987 to 1993. He was the first Black Catholic bishop on the West Coast.

Fisher was a member of the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart. He was the third Josephite to be made a bishop. During the 2000s, multiple individuals reported that Fisher had sexually abused them as children in both Baltimore and Los Angeles.

Biography

Early life Carl Fisher was born on November 24, 1945, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. He attended Epiphany Apostolic College in Baltimore, Maryland, and St. Joseph's Seminary in Washington, D.C. He then served in Baltimore for some time, including at St Francis Xavier Parish beginning in 1982.