Leo Binz

The Most Reverend Leo Binz
Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis
See	St. Paul and Minneapolis
Installed	April 28, 1962
Term ended	May 28, 1975
Predecessor	William O. Brady
Successor	John Roach
Other posts	Coadjutor Bishop of Winona (1942-49) Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque (1949-54) Archbishop of Dubuque (1954-61)
Orders
Ordination	March 15, 1924
Consecration	December 21, 1942
Personal details
Born	(1900-10-31)October 31, 1900 , Illinois
Died	October 2, 1979(1979-10-02) (aged 78) Maywood, Illinois

Leo Binz (October 31, 1900 – October 9, 1979) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Dubuque (1954–61) and as Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis (1962–75). A native of Illinois, he became a priest in 1924 and a bishop in 1942.

Leo Binz was born in , Illinois, the third child of Michael and Thecla (née Reible) Binz. The family lived on a small farm near the Mississippi River, east of Dubuque, Iowa. Following his confirmation, a young Binz declared to Bishop Peter Muldoon, "I'm going to be a bishop!" In 1914, he enrolled at Loras College in Dubuque, where he began his preparatory studies for the priesthood. He transferred to St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1918, and there earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (1919) and a Master of Arts degree (1920).

From 1920 to 1921, Binz studied at the Suplician Seminary in Washington, D.C. He was then sent to continue his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He earned a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree from the Propaganda University (1924) and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University (1926).