Archbishop Leonard Wall 1924-2002. (News in Brief: Canada).Toronto--Archbishop Wall, former Archbishop of Winnipeg, died on March 5, 2002, in Toronto after a long bout with cancer. He bore his sufferings bravely. Born in Windsor in 1924, he received his primary education there and his secondary education in Toronto The elementary schools and high schools in Toronto, Ontario, Canada are operated by the Toronto District School Board and the separate Toronto Catholic District School Board. As a global city, it is also home to a number of post-secondary educational institutions. . His seminary training was at St. Augustine's in Toronto and at Laval in Quebec City. He received a doctorate in theology from the Angelicum in Rome. In Toronto Archdiocese Father Wall served as curate CURATE, eccl. law. One who represents the incumbent of a church, person, or20 vicar, and takes care of the church, and performs divine service in his stead. , secretary to Cardinal McGuigan, professor, Vice-rector of St. Augustine's Seminary St. Augustine's Seminary is the archdiocesan seminary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, in Canada. It is a member of the Toronto School of Theology. It is located by the shore of Lake Ontario in the suburban Scarborough section of the city. History St. , Chancellor and Vicar General vicar general n. pl. vicars general 1. Roman Catholic Church a. A priest acting as deputy to a bishop to assist him in the administration of his diocese. b. The head of a religious order. . He was consecrated con·se·crate tr.v. con·se·crat·ed, con·se·crat·ing, con·se·crates 1. To declare or set apart as sacred: consecrate a church. 2. Christianity a. a bishop in 1979 and named Auxiliary bishop
Bishop Wall was known and appreciated for his administrative ability, sharp wit and fine intellectual qualities. When he left Toronto to go to Winnipeg, Cardinal Ambrozic said, "All of us are profoundly grateful to Bishop Wall for the work he has done as a priest and bishop of this Archdiocese. His many years of leadership in both spiritual and temporal affairs have contributed to the vitality of our Church." It must be regretfully re·gret·ful adj. Full of regret; sorrowful or sorry. re·gret  ful·ly adv.re·gret reported that Bishop Wall was not sympathetic to the pro-life movement, especially to its "political" efforts. Similarly, it must be reported that the Archbishop on several occasions, defended the Winnipeg Statement of 1968, which warped the consciences of so many Canadian Catholics in the matter of contraception. In 1998, in a pastoral letter in his Archdiocesan Catholic News, he said that "Your bishops were not in September 1968 and are not now in contradiction of Church teaching." That pastoral letter was ably criticized in an article entitled "Response to Archbishop Leonard Wall" (C.I., Jan/Feb 1999, pp. 25-26). The funeral Mass took place at St. Michael's Cathedral in Toronto. Internment was in Winnipeg. We should surely pray for Archbishop Wall and all our Canadian Bishops. |
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