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Ohio Bishop Leonard Paul Blair was announced as the new leader of the Archdiocese of Hartford, succeeding Archbishop Henry Mansell.
Posted by Jessie Sawyer (Editor) , October 29, 2013
By Ronald DeRosa
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Leonard Paul Blair as the fifth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford, according to an announcement Tuesday morning.
Blair, 64, has been the bishop of the Diocese of Toledo since 2003. He was ordained a priest in 1976. He succeeds Henry J. Mansell, who has served as the archbishop of Hartford since 2003 and is past the age of retirement.
The Archdiocese of Hartfordservices 700,000 Roman Catholicsin Hartford, New Haven and Litchfield counties and operates multiple schools, hospitals, food pantries and shelters.
Archbishop-designate Blair will be installed as the Archbishop of Hartford on Monday, Dec. 16 at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford.
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