The church of San Leone is a church of Rome in Prenestino-Labicano district, in via Prenestina. It is dedicated to the fifth-century pope,
Pope Leo I.
History
The church was built by the architect Giuseppe Zander between 1950 and 1952.
It is the home of the parish, established 7 October 1952 by decree of the Cardinal Vicar
Clemente Micara ''Tricesimo iam vertente''. In addition it is also home since 1965 the title of cardinal "San Leone I".
The church was visited by Pope John Paul II 17 December 1989.
List of Cardinal Protectors
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Lorenz Jager
Lorenz Jaeger (23 September 1892 – 1 April 1975) was a German Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn, Archbishop of Paderborn from 1941 to 1973, and was elevate ...
(25 February 1965 – 7 April 1975)
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Roger Etchegaray (30 June 1979 – 24 June 1998)
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Karl Lehmann (21 February 2001 - 11 March 2018)
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Sergio Obeso Rivera
Sergio Obeso Rivera (; 31 October 1931 – 11 August 2019) was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Xalapa from 1979 to 2007 after serving as Bishop of Papantla from 1971 to 1974 and then as coadjutor in Xalapa from ...
(28 June 2018 – 11 August 2019)
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Cristóbal López Romero
Cristóbal López Romero (born 19 May 1952) is a Spanish-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Archbishop of Rabat since March 2018. He is a member of the Salesians and before becoming a bishop devoted himself to pastoral wo ...
(5 October 2019 – present)
References
External links
San Leone I
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Titular churches
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1952
Rome Q. VII Prenestino-Labicano
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy