Leroy Matthiesen was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
10 Facts About Leroy Matthiesen
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Leroy Matthiesen served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Amarillo in Texas from 1980 to 1997.
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Leroy Matthiesen was born June 11,1921, in Olfen, an unincorporated community in Runnels County, Texas.
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In 1954, Leroy Matthiesen was appointed the founding pastor of St Laurence Parish in Amarillo.
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Leroy Matthiesen was awarded a Doctor of Journalism degree in 1961, and in 1968 was named principal of Alamo Catholic High School.
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Leroy Matthiesen received the Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice in 1984.
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In September 1981, in protest of the assembly of the neutron bomb at a facility in Pantex, Texas, Leroy Matthiesen called for workers there to resign their jobs in protest.
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Leroy Matthiesen received the Ketteler Award for Social Justice from the Sisters of Divine Providence in 2002.
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Leroy Matthiesen claimed that Rosendo Herrera, a priest in the diocese, had impregnated her when she was 17 years ago.
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Leroy Matthiesen died on March 22,2010, in Amarillo at age 88.