A 200 Year Tradition of Black Leadership in the Episcopal Church

Organized in 1968 as the Union of Black Clergy and Laity (and renamed in 1971), the Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE)  is part of a 200 year tradition of black leadership in the Episcopal Church. UBE now has over 55 chapters and interest groups in the United States, Canada, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

The goals for the organization are to develop leadership among people of African descent, to support and sustain financially – predominately black congregations and other affirming, black organizations, and to work with others to eliminate racism and injustice within the Episcopal Church and in society.

The Bishop James Theodore Holly Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians operates out of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Buffalo, NY – and represents individuals and congregations within the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania Dioceses.

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