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American theologian (1942–2011)

"Peter Gomes" redirects here. For people with a similar name, see Peter Gomez (disambiguation).

Peter John Gomes (May 22, 1942 – February 28, 2011) was an American preacher and theologian, the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard Divinity School and Pusey Minister at Harvard's Memorial Church — in the words of Harvard's president "one of the great preachers of our generation, and a living symbol of courage and conviction."^[1]

Biography

Gomes was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the only child of Orissa, née White, and Peter Lobo Gomes.^[2] His father was from the Cape Verde islands and his mother was African American.

DNA testing revealed that he was likely descended from the Tikar from Cameroon and Fulani and Hausa peoples of West Africa, and that his patrilineal line likely leads to some Sephardic Jewishkohen ancestry.^[3] He was baptized as a Roman Catholic, but later became an