Background
Kavanagh, Leslie J. was born on September 25, 1866 in Litherland, England. Son of John Thomas and Annie (Leslie) Kavanagh.
Kavanagh, Leslie J. was born on September 25, 1866 in Litherland, England. Son of John Thomas and Annie (Leslie) Kavanagh.
Educated Saint Joseph’s College, Louvain, Belgium. Saint Francis Xavier, Liverpool, England. Marist College, Brookland, District of Columbia.
Marist Seminary, Belley, France.
Doctor of Laws, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1926.
Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1903. Professor rhetoric, Jefferson College, Convent, Louisiana, 1897-1899, 1901-1903. Appointed pastor Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 1905.
Appointed military vicar general of Catholic chaplains, United States Army and Navy Gulf Vicariate, 1918.
Domestic prelate, 1919. Compiler of Crown Hymnal (children's edition and organist’s edition), 1912.