Leonard Paul Blair | |
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Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Hartford |
Appointed | October 29, 2013 |
Installed | December 16, 2013 |
Retired | May 1, 2024 |
Predecessor | Henry J. Mansell |
Successor | Christopher J. Coyne |
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Orders | |
Ordination | June 26, 1976 by John Francis Dearden |
Consecration | August 24, 1999 by Adam Maida, Edmund Szoka, and Dale Joseph Melczek |
Personal details | |
Born | Leonard Paul Blair April 12, 1949 |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Education | Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas |
Motto | Pasce oves meas (Feed my sheep) |
Styles of Leonard Paul Blair | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Leonard Paul Blair (born April 12, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford in Connecticut from December 2013 to May 2024.
Blair previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Toledo in Ohio from 2003 to 2013 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 1999 to 2003.