Article: Obituaries

The Rev. Leslie A. Branch, 66, a Catholic priest who was the first African American Catholic chaplain in the Navy and was also a parish priest and high school guidance counselor in Washington, died June 22 at Specialty Hospital of Washington-Hadley. Father Branch, who had been a quadriplegic for years after surgery for a spinal condition, died of complications from colon surgery.

Leslie Anthony Branch, a Washington native, was a graduate of Archbishop Carroll High School in the District. He attended Morgan State University in Baltimore and graduated from Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md., before he was ordained a priest in 1971.

Father Branch was an associate pastor or pastor of ...

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