Leo Christopher Byrne
Most Reverend Leo C. Byrne |
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Coadjutor Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis | |
Church | Catholic Church |
In office | July 31, 1967 - October 21, 1974 |
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Ordination | June 10, 1933 |
Consecration | June 29, 1954 by Joseph Ritter |
Personal details | |
Born | March 19, 1908 St. Louis, Missouri |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. St. Paul, Minnesota |
Previous post | Bishop of Wichita (1961-1967) |
Leo Christopher Byrne (March 19, 1908 – October 21, 1974) served as the Roman Catholic Coadjutor Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1]
Biography
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Byrne was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 10, 1933, for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis. On May 21, 1954, Pope Pius XII appointed Byrne auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis, and he was consecrated on June 29, 1954.
On February 11, 1961, Pope John XXIII appointed Bishop Byrne the coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita, in Wichita, Kansas.
Pope Paul VI appointed Bishop Byrne coadjutor archbishop of the Saint Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese on July 31, 1967, where he died before becoming ordinary of the archdiocese.[2]
Notes
- ↑ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945071,00.html?promoid=googlep
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Preceded by | Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis 1967-1974 |
Succeeded by Leo Binz |
Preceded by | Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita 1961-1967 |
Succeeded by David Monas Maloney |
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