John Tracy Ellis (July 30, 1905 – October 16, 1992) was an American Catholic Church historian and priest, born and raised in Seneca, Illinois, US.
[2] In his book American Catholicism, first published in 1956, he wrote that a "universal anti-Catholic bias was brought to Jamestown in 1607 and vigorously cultivated in all the thirteen colonies from Massachusetts to Georgia.
"[3] In 1978, Ellis received what is regarded as the highest honor for US Catholics, the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal.
Several of Ellis's students at Catholic University went on to make contributions to church history, including: Fr.
In 1989, Pope John Paul II further elevated him to Protonotary Apostolic, the highest rank for a monsignor.