Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Diekmann, Godfrey Leo, Fr., O.S.B.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Diekmann, Godfrey Leo, Fr., O.S.B., 1908-2002
Other form(s) of name
- Fr. Godfrey Leo Diekmann
- Fr. Leo Diekmann
- Fr. Godfrey Diekmann
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1908-2002
History
Fr. Leo Diekmann was a Benedictine priest and editor of «Worship», "A review devoted to the Liturgical Apostolate", published at the Liturgical Press of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. Besides the subject of liturgical renewal, he wrote to Merton concerning the ecumenical movement and changes to the monastic life after the Second Vatican Council. He was also involved in civil rights marches in the 1960's and had later supported the full ministry of women in the Catholic Church.