Paul Francis Leibold

Paul Francis Leibold (December 22, 1914 – June 1, 1972) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church.

[3] In the late 1950s, Leibold became the spiritual advisor for Mildred Ephrem Neuzil, a nun from Our Lady of the Nativity Convent in New Riegel, Ohio.

Leibold gave his approval for private devotion to Our Lady and allowed the striking of a medal to honor her.

[2] Pope Paul VI appointed Leibold as the sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati on July 23, 1969.

[4] In September 1971, Leibold criticized composer Leonard Bernstein's theatrical work Mass, terming it as offensive.

[5] Paul Leibold died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati on June 1, 1972, after suffering a stroke that day.