Leonard Paul Blair


Leonard Paul Blair
Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Hartford
AppointedOctober 29, 2013
InstalledDecember 16, 2013
RetiredMay 1, 2024
PredecessorHenry J. Mansell
SuccessorChristopher J. Coyne
Previous post(s)
Orders
OrdinationJune 26, 1976
by John Francis Dearden
ConsecrationAugust 24, 1999
by Adam Maida, Edmund Szoka, and Dale Joseph Melczek
Personal details
Born
Leonard Paul Blair

(1949-04-12) April 12, 1949 (age 75)
DenominationRoman Catholic
EducationPontifical Gregorian University
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
MottoPasce oves meas
(Feed my sheep)
Styles of
Leonard Paul Blair
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

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.