Fr. Leonard Francis Callahan

Born: September 29, 1939

Parents:
      Leo Vincent Callahan
Theresa Agnes Carey Callahan

Family:
      Brothers – Mr. Lawrence Callahan, Ft. Wright, KY
– Mr. Frank Callahan, Crescent Springs, KY
– Brother Preceded in death by brothers Don and Leo
Sisters    – Mrs. Patricia Bingham, Detroit, MI
– Mrs. Mary Sutton, Southgate, KY

Education:
     Elementary – St. Juliana Grade School, Detroit, MI
     Secondary  – Servite High School, Detroit, MI
     College       – St. Francis College, Loretto, PA
     Philosophy – St. Pius X Seminary, Erlanger, KY
     Theology    – St. Mary’s Seminary, Cincinnati, OH
     Post-Grad  – Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, M.Ed.
– Fordham University, NY, Ph.D.

Ordination:  May 24, 1969 by Most Reverend Richard H. Ackerman,
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, KY

Assignments:
        1969 – Associate, Christ The King Church, Lexington, KY
1972 – Teacher, Lexington Catholic High School, Lexington, KY
1974 – Associate Director of Religious Education for the Bluegrass
and Mountain Areas, Diocese of Covington, KY
1979 – Director of Religious Education, Diocese of Covington, KY
Chaplain, Passionist Convent, Erlanger, KY; then
Chaplain, Diocesan Catholic Children’s Home, Covington, KY
1982 – Vicar for Total Catholic Education, Diocese of Covington,KY
1989 – Vice President for Religious Affairs, Bellarmine College,
Louisville, KY
1994 – Vicar for Total Catholic Education, Diocese of Dallas, TX
1998 – Parochial Vicar, St. Thomas Church, Ft. Thomas, KY

Died: August 26, 1998, St. Elizabeth Hospital South, Edgewood, KY

Interment: St. Pius X Cemetery, Erlanger, KY