Vincent Leonard

Styles of Vincent Leonard
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Vincent Martin Leonard (December 11, 1908 – August 28, 1994) was the ninth Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Background

Born December 11, 1908 in Pittsburgh, he attended St. Brigid School and the Duquesne Preparatory School, then did undergraduate studies at Duquesne University, graduating in 1931. He then studied at Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and was ordained to the priesthood on June 16, 1937.

After a number of positions in the diocese, he became Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh on April 21, 1964. After John Joseph Wright was elevated to cardinal, Leonard became the ninth Pittsburgh bishop on June 4, 1969. He held the post until his retirement in 1983.

He died on August 28, 1994 and was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Hazelwood, a Pittsburgh neighborhood.

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh History of Bishops Official Webpage

References

• Glenn, Francis A. (1993). Shepherds of the Faith 1843-1993: A Brief History of the Bishops of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh: Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. ISBN none.