Street renaming approved for BX pastor
CB12 Transporation Committee moves forward to honor late Bishop Michel White
BY JASON COHEN
The late Bishop Michel
White dedicated her life to
the community for more
than three decades, working
tirelessly to feed the homeless,
start jail ministries and
hold back-to-school rallies.
On Oct. 15, Community
Board 12’s Transportation
Committee approved
a motion to rename
the block between 233rd
and 234th Streets on White
Plains Road “Bishop Michel
White Avenue.”
“We feel it is fi t to rename
233th and 234th in honor
of her,” said Transportation
Committee Member
John Isaac.
White was the founder
and pastor of The Cathedral
at Greater Faith at 4214
White Plains Rd. On Aug.
5, White passed away at the
age of 71.
In September, Troy Morrison,
her assistant at the
church, presented the case to
the Transportation Committee
and fi nally last night the
committee voted, as it did
not have quorum last month.
“She did all these feats
with one arm,” Morrison
said about White, who was
born with only her left arm.
“She raised hundreds of kids
with one arm.”
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Morrison said that the
community has felt White’s
impact on the Bronx for
many years. According to
Morrison, White wasn’t just
a bishop but a mentor to
many kids.
“She taught kids how to
play instruments, men how
to be gentlemen and women
how to act in public,” Morrison
said. “She was a parent,
a mother and a teacher.”
White, conducted neighborhood
health fairs, worked
with immigration lawyers to
help undocumented people
at the church, visited sick
people in the hospital and
worked with the NYPD to
reduce crime.
On Aug. 12, Morrison
submitted the application
to CB12 with 217 signatures
from community
members supporting the
name change.
“People come to the
church hungry and she always
took care of them,” he
said. “She did stuff people
couldn’t do with two arms.”
After her passing, Morrison
heard that White once
paid for her granddaughter’s
friend to go to college.
“As a representative of the
Cathedral at Greater Faith, I
would love to honor her by
changing that sign name,”
he stressed.
The full board will vote
on the street renaming at its
meeting on Oct. 22.
CB12 Transportation Committee approved a street renaming for Bishop Michel White
Courtesy of The Cathedral at Greater Faith
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