BOYLE, LEONARD MATTHEW
Editor; b De Witt, Iowa Sept 21, 1899; s of Matthew Boyle-Bridget Madden; ed De Witt Parochial Schs; Ambrose Coil, BA 1923; Sulpician Seminary, Washington D C 1923-27; Cath U of Amer, Washington D C, STB 1926, ordained 1927; 1927-31 asst pastor Ch, of St Paul The Apostle, Davenport; 1931-35 pastor Sacred Heart Ch, Melcher; 1935-37 pastor St Michael's Ch, Halbrook; 1937- editor Catholic Messenger, Davenport, also pastor St Peter's Ch, Buffalo; 1939- journalism instr Marycrest Coil, Davenport; 1932 chmn ARC com for benefit of distressed miners & their families when the mine disaster occurred, also mbr advisory bd to handle delinquent cases among relief families; Cath Press Assn; Western Cath Union; C of C; KC; Cath Ch; Dem; hobbies philately, fishing; off 212 � E 3rd, Davenport; res St Peter's Rectory, Buffalo.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1088.