- Vincent Leonard
infobox bishopstyles
name=Vincent Leonard
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Archbishop
deathstyle=not applicable |Vincent Martin Leonard (1908 – 1994) was the 9th
Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania .Born
December 11 ,1908 in Pittsburgh, he attended St. Brigid School and the Duquesne Preparatory School, then did his undergraduate studies atDuquesne University , graduating in 1931. He then studied atSaint Vincent Seminary inLatrobe, Pennsylvania and was ordained to the priesthood onJune 16 ,1937 .After a number of positions in the diocese, he became Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh on
April 21 ,1964 . AfterJohn Joseph Wright was elevated to Cardinal, Leonard became the ninth Pittsburgh bishop onJune 4 ,1969 . He held the post until his retirement in 1983.He died
August 28 ,1994 . According to the web site of the diocese of Pittsburgh, he was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Hazelwood.External links
* [http://www.diopitt.org/ Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Home Page]
References
*cite book | author=Glenn, Francis A. | title=Shepherds of the Faith 1843-1993: A Brief History of the Bishops of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh | publisher=Pittsburgh: Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh | year=1993 | id=ISBN none
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