CONNECTICUT
Hartford Courant
By DANIELA ALTIMARI, dnaltimari@courant.com
The Hartford Courant
9:08 a.m. EDT, October 29, 2013
HARTFORD – Pope Francis on Tuesday announced the appointment of Bishop Leonard P. Blair, the bishop of Toledo, Ohio, as Hartford’s new archbishop.
“Pope Francis appoints Bishop Leonard Blair as my successor,” Hartford’s current Archbishop, Henry J. Mansell, tweeted this morning. “He has my heartfelt congratulations, prayers and support.”
Blair, 64, will officially be installed on Dec. 16.
According to his biography on the Diocese of Toledo website, Blair was born in Detroit and was named the seventh bishop of Toledo on Oct. 7, 2003.
Blair was one of three bishops charged with assessing an organization that represents the majority of U.S. nuns. In that role, Blair oversaw a report in 2012 that was critical of the nuns’ group, saying it undermined Catholic teaching on homosexuality and contraception and embraced radical feminism.
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