Background
Perry, Harold R. was born on October 9, 1916 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States.
Perry, Harold R. was born on October 9, 1916 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States.
Graduate, St. Augustine Seminary. Graduate, St. Mary's Seminary.
Associate pastor various parishes, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi. Rector Divine Word Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1958-1963. Appointed provincial of southern province of Society of the Divine Word, 1964.
Consecrated bishop Roman Catholic Church, 1965. Auxiliary bishop of New Orleans, 1965-1991.