Paul Francis Leibold

Paul Francis Leibold (December 22, 1914 – June 1, 1972) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Evansville (1966–1969) and Archbishop of Cincinnati (1969–1972).

Biography

Paul Leibold was born in Dayton, Ohio, to Frank and Philomena (née Kirchner) Leibold.^[1] After graduating from Chaminade High School, and attending the University of Dayton for two years, he continued his studies at St. Gregory Seminary and at Mount St. Mary's Seminary.^[1]

He was ordained a priest in Cincinnati, May 18, 1940, by Archbishop McNicholas. Early assignments within the diocese were pastor of St. Louis Church in Cincinnati, and assistant chancellor and chancellor for the archdiocese of Cincinnati. On April 10, 1958 he was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati. He was consecrated bishop June 17, 1958 and at the same time he was made titular bishop of Trebenna. Principal Consecrator was Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter.

Possibly the most historical event of his career happened as a result of his acting as spiritual director for a young nun living in Ohio and Indiana. In 1963, as Monsignor Leibold, he issued an imprimatur to a diary of private revelations written by Sr. Mildred Ephrem Neuzil while she was serving at a convent (Kneipp Springs) in Rome City, IN. It was here that she claimed she was visited multiple times by the Virgin Mary who declared herself to be "Our Lady of America" and gave her important messages to be given to America's Bishops..

After issuing his imprimatur to the messages written down by Sr. Neuzil, later on, as Archbishop of Cincinnati, he went on to commission a statue, plaques, and even a medal to take these apparitions to the second level of Church confirmation.

If the third, and final, approval is made by the Conference of American Bishops, it would be the only confirmation of an apparition in all of the United States by the Catholic Church. This would put this event on an equal basis with the events at Fatima, Portugal and Lourdes, France.

On April 4, 1966 Paul Francis Leibold was appointed Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, and installed as Bishop of the diocese June 15, 1966. Bishop Paul Francis Leibold was appointed to Cincinnati July 23, 1969 following the retirement of Archbishop Alter at the same time. Upon installation as Archbishop, Paul Francis Leibold became seventh Bishop and sixth Archbishop of Cincinnati.

One historian has characterized him as "both a warm-hearted, approachable pastor and a hard-worker." But he was not to become a national leader among America's bishops as his predecessors had been.^[2]

He served the Archdiocese until his untimely death on June 1, 1972. The most significant accomplishments of his brief service as Archbishop of Cincinnati include the strengthening of the Archdiocesan Priests' Senate, the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, and the parish councils of the Archdiocese. He also launched the diocese's sixth synod, Synod '71.^[3]

He is buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Tributes

Bishop Leibold School, a Miamisburg, Ohio parochial school and the Archbishop Leibold Home for the Aged (Little Sisters of the Poor), Cincinnati, are named for the bishop.

References

1 2 Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
↑ Roger Fortin, Faith and Action: A History of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, 1821–1996, pp. 358–359.
↑ Roger Fortin, Faith and Action: A History of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, 1821–1996, pp. 362.

External links

Succession of Archbishop Paul Francis Leibold
Bishop Leibold School Official Website

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Henry Joseph Grimmelsman	Bishop of Evansville 1944—1965	Succeeded by Francis Raymond Shea
Preceded by Karl Joseph Alter	Archbishop of Cincinnati 1969–1972	Succeeded by Joseph L. Bernardin

Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Bishop	Edward Fenwick

Archbishops	John Baptist Purcell William Henry Elder Henry K. Moeller John T. McNicholas Karl Joseph Alter Paul Francis Leibold Joseph Bernardin Daniel Edward Pilarczyk Dennis Marion Schnurr

Churches in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Cathedral	Saint Peter in Chains Cathedral

Parishes	Cincinnati Church of the Annunciation Immaculata Church Old St. Mary's Church St. Francis De Sales Church Saint Francis Seraph Church St. Francis Xavier Church St. Lawrence Church St. Pius X Church St. Rose Church Dayton Holy Cross Church Sacred Heart Church St. Adalbert Church St. Mary's Church Springfield St. Joseph's Church St. Raphael's Church Other Immaculate Conception Church, Botkins St. Aloysius Church, Carthagena Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Cassella Immaculate Conception Church, Celina Precious Blood Church, Chickasaw St. Joseph's Church, Egypt Holy Family Church, Frenchtown St. John's Church, Fryburg St. Patrick's Church, Glynwood St. John the Baptist Church, Maria Stein Sacred Heart Church, McCartyville St. Michael's Church, Mechanicsburg St. Augustine's Church, Minster St. Louis Church, North Star St. Nicholas Church, Osgood St. Anthony's Church, Padua St. Remy's Church, Russia St. Henry's Church, St. Henry Holy Rosary Church, St. Marys St. Rose's Church, St. Rose St. Sebastian's Church, Sebastian St. Joseph's Church, Wapakoneta

Former parishes	All Saints Church, Cincinnati Holy Trinity Church, Cincinnati St. Augustine Church, Cincinnati St. George's Church, Cincinnati St. Michael the Archangel Church, Cincinnati St. Paul Church, Cincinnati St. Philomena's Church, Cincinnati St. Patrick's Church, St. Patrick

Shrine	Shrine of the Holy Relics

Education in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Higher education	Chatfield College University of Dayton Edgecliff College Mount St. Joseph University Xavier University

Seminary	Athenaeum of Ohio – Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West

High schools	Cincinnati DePaul Cristo Rey High School Elder High School La Salle High School McAuley High School Archbishop McNicholas High School Mother of Mercy High School Purcell Marian High School Seton High School St. Ursula Academy St. Xavier High School Summit Country Day School Ursuline Academy Dayton Carroll High School Chaminade-Julienne High School Other Archbishop Alter High School, Kettering Father Stephen T. Badin High School, Hamilton Catholic Central School, Springfield Bishop Fenwick High School, Franklin Lehman Catholic High School, Sidney Moeller High School, Kenwood Mount Notre Dame High School, Reading Royalmont Academy, Mason Roger Bacon High School, St. Bernard St. Rita School for the Deaf, Evendale

Clergy of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Auxiliary bishops	Sylvester Horton Rosecrans Joseph H. Albers George John Rehring Paul Francis Leibold Edward A. McCarthy Nicholas Elko Daniel Edward Pilarczyk James Henry Garland Carl K. Moeddel Joseph R. Binzer

Priests	John Martin Henni Edward Fitzgerald Clarence George Issenmann Henry Damian Juncker Joshua Maria Young John Baptist Lamy James Frederick Wood John Henry Luers Caspar Henry Borgess Richard Gilmour John Quinlan Augustus Toebbe Joseph Gregory Dwenger Henry Richter Francis Beckman Urban John Vehr Francis Augustine Thill Anthony John King Mussio John Joseph Kaising Robert Daniel Conlon Michael William Warfel

Miscellany

The Catholic Telegraph

Der Wahrheitsfreund

Former St. Charles Seminary

Gruenwald Convent

Minster Elementary School

St. John Cemetery, Cincinnati

New St. Joseph Cemetery, Cincinnati

Old St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cincinnati

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Cincinnati Portal

Diocese of Evansville

Bishops	Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann Paul Francis Leibold Francis Raymond Shea Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger Charles C. Thompson

Churches	Cathedral St. Benedict Cathedral Parishes St. Joseph's Church, Jasper Basilica of St Francis Xavier, Vincennes

Education	High schools Mater Dei High School, Evansville Reitz Memorial High School, Evansville Rivet Middle/High School, Vincennes Washington Catholic Middle/High School, Washington

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