CONNECTICUT
NBC Connecticut
The pope has appointed a new archbishop for the Archdiocese of Hartford.
Bishop Leonard Paul Blair succeeds Archbishop Henry J. Mansell, who has been the Archbishop of Hartford since December 2003, and passed the age of retirement, according to the archdiocese.
“I want to say how very happy and honored I am to be your new archbishop,” Blair said.
The announcement of the fifth archbishop for the diocese was made this morning, and Bishop Blair was officially introduced as the new archbishop during a news conference at the Archdiocesan Center at Saint Thomas Seminary, 467 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield, this morning.
Blair said he was in Rome when he received word of his appointment and was able to thank Pope Francis in person.
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