Catherine Seals

Mother Catherine Seals (c. 1874-August 12, 1930) was a New Orleans-based religious leader and faith healer in the Spiritualist/Spiritual Movement during the 1920s, leading one of the largest congregations. She founded the Temple of the Innocent Blood, "one of the largest African American religious organizations of the early twentieth century," in what is now the Lower Ninth Ward. She is known for having ministered to an interracial congregation. Her work was documented by Zora Neale Hurston and Edward Larocque Tinker.