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Columbia's new Catholic high School will bear the name of an African-American priest who could become a saint in the near future.

Father Augustine Tolton was the nation's first known black priest and served in Quincy, IL.  

 Fr. Tolten Regional Catholic High School is slated to open for grades 9 and 10 in the fall of 2011.

Read more about  the road to sainthood for Tolten from KRCG's sister-station KHQA in Hannibal, MO.