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Brother Leonard Alphonse

Brother Leonard Alphonse (1935 - 2001 )

Family name: Voegtle, Kenneth

He graduated magna cum laude from Marian College in 1954, then earned masters degrees in history and a doctorate in Canon Law from Catholic University of Washington DC.  He served for many years with the general administration in Rome as the representative to the Vatican.  Returning to the United States, he served as Provincial of the Esopus Province.  His important connection to the MaristLand project is through his history of the Brothers in Canada and the United States.  He produced a first volume Go to the Land I will Show You I(see reference4s section) and just before his death by cancer was working on a second volume detailing the work of the Brothers in the United States.

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