Leo Aloysius Pursley
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Leo Aloysius Pursley | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Province | Indianapolis |
| Diocese | Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend |
| In office | 1956-1976 |
| Predecessor | John F. Noll |
| Successor | William Edward McManus |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 11, 1927 by Bishop John F. Noll |
| Consecration | September 19, 1951 by Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, John F. Noll, Joseph M. Marling, co-consecrators |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 12, 1902 Hartford City, Indiana |
| Died | November 15, 1998 (aged 96) |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Alexander Nelson and Mary Jeanette (née Sloan) Pursley |
| Education | Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West |
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Leo Aloysius Pursley (March 12, 1902 – November 15, 1998) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend from 1956 to 1976.
Biography[]
Leo Pursley was born in Hartford City, Indiana, to Alexander Nelson and Mary Jeanette (née Sloan) Pursley.[1] His father was a local Democratic politician and delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention. He studied at Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West in Cincinnati,[1] and was ordained to the priesthood on June 11, 1927.[2] He served as a curate at St. Mary Church in Lafayette, St. Lawrence Church in Muncie, and St. Patrick Church in Fort Wayne; and as pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Warsaw and of St. John the Baptist Church in Fort Wayne.[1]
On July 22, 1950, Pursley was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne and Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Pisidia by Pope Pius XII.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 19 from Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, with Bishops John F. Noll and Joseph M. Marling serving as co-consecrators.[2] Following the death of Bishop Noll, Pursley was named the sixth Bishop of Fort Wayne on December 29, 1956.[2] His installation took place at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on February 26, 1957.[2] He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.
After 19 years as bishop, Pursley resigned on August 24, 1976.[2] He died 22 years later, aged 96.
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Bishop Leo Aloysius Pursley". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.[self-published source]
- 1902 births
- 1998 deaths
- People from Blackford County, Indiana
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Participants in the Second Vatican Council
- Roman Catholic bishops of Fort Wayne–South Bend
- The Athenaeum of Ohio alumni