CONNECTICUT
News Times
Frank Juliano and Susan Tuz
Published 5:43 pm, Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Deacon Roland Miller, of St. Francis Xavier Church in New Milford, was still processing the news Tuesday afternoon that the Most Rev. Leonard Blair, a Detroit native who has served two stints at the Vatican, was named the new Archbishop of Hartford.
“It’s an exciting time,” said Miller, 74. “Your imagination goes into high gear thinking `What is he going to ask us to do?’ He’s the new boss, anointed by Rome. He’ll have a workforce of about 600 priests and deacons and he’ll point his finger and direct each of us.”
During a press conference at the St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, the incoming Archbishop of Hartford explained to the gathered media exactly how the selection process works.
“You are told. You are not asked if you want to do it,” Blair said. “That being said, I’m delighted to be appointed.”
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