Denzil Angus Carty

Denzil Angus Carty (March 30, 1904 – August 24, 1975) was an Episcopal priest and civil rights leader.

[4] Carty then worked as a principal at Weber Elementary School in Baldwin, Michigan, before coming to Minnesota in 1950.

[1] St. Philip's Episcopal Church was a primarily Black congregation in the Summit-University neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota.

In these roles he advocated for training for civil rights leaders and also participated in actions such as negotiating with St. Paul construction trade unions and employers to increase the number of African American construction workers, and advocated for the desegregation of St. Paul public schools.

The following year, in 1964, Carty led a "prayer intercession" at the Minnesota state capitol building in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

[1] During his career, Carty worked closely with Jeannette Piccard, the first female Episcopal priest, at St. Philip's and supported her ordination.

In 1973, at the General Convention, a proposal to recognize female priests had been struck down, and in July 1974, Carty escorted Piccard and other members of the Philadelphia Eleven as they were ordained.

[13] Beginning in 2011, St. Paul's Holy Trinity Episcopal Church has celebrated Father Carty's birthday annually on March 30.