Carl Anthony Fisher
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Carl Anthony Fisher | |
|---|---|
| Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Los Angeles |
| Appointed | December 23, 1986 |
| Term ended | September 3, 1993 |
| Other post | Titular Bishop of Tlos |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 2, 1973 by Joseph Bernard Brunini |
| Consecration | February 23, 1987 by Roger Michael Mahony, John James Ward, Juan Alfredo Arzube |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 24, 1945 Pascagoula, Mississippi, US |
| Died | September 3, 1993 (aged 47) |
| Buried | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels |
| Alma mater | Epiphany Apostolic College St. Joseph's Seminary |
| Motto | Teach all I have commanded |
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.