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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 ...
On June 26, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Christopher J. Coyne of the Diocese of Burlington as coadjutor archbishop to assist Archbishop Blair until his retirement in 2024. Archbishop Coyne appeared at a press conference at the Pastoral Center in Bloomfield with his three predecessor archbishops.
Between 2010 and 2015, the number of families registered at each parish reduced significantly. After briefly sharing a pastor with St. Mary's after 2015, the two parishes were merged by decree of Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair, effective June 29, 2017, with a goal of increasing the combined parish's spiritual and financial health. [9] [10]
May 13—MANCHESTER — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford is planning to merge the two existing parishes into one with multiple facilities, Archbishop Leonard P. Blair said in a letter.
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The pope appoints all archbishops and bishops, who must be at least ordained priests. The pope chooses from a list of candidates provided by the papal nuncio of the United States to the Congregation of Bishops in Rome. [4] Most archdioceses and large dioceses have one or more auxiliary bishops, serving under the direction of the archbishop or ...