Father Leonard Gownley, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1902-1983)

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Born February 18, 1902 he professed his vows on November 3, 1920 and was ordained on March 12, 1927. Father Gownley ministered as a missionary preacher, a Provincial Consultor, a Rector of the Passionist communities in Baltimore, Maryland; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Jamaica, New York and West Springfield, Massachusetts. He also lived at St. Ann’s Monastery, Scranton, Pennsylvania.