Leonard Paul Blair
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Leonard Paul Blair |
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| Archbishop of Hartford | |
| Archdiocese | Hartford |
| Appointed | October 29, 2013 |
| Installed | December 16, 2013 |
| Predecessor | Henry J. Mansell |
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| Ordination | June 26, 1976 by John Francis Dearden |
| Consecration | August 24, 1999 by Adam Maida, Edmund Szoka, and Dale Joseph Melczek |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Leonard Paul Blair |
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April 12, 1949 Detroit, Michigan |
| Nationality |
 American
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | PASCE OVES MEAS (FEED MY SHEEP) |
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Styles of Leonard Paul Blair |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Leonard Paul Blair (born April 12, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as the thirteenth bishop and fifth and current archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut. He was installed as the Archbishop of Hartford on December 16, 2013.
Leonard Blair was born in Detroit, Michigan, and there studied at Sacred Heart Seminary, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in History. He then furthered his studies in Rome, where he earned a baccalaureate and licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, and a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum).
Blair was ordained to the priesthood on June 26, 1976, and then served as vicar general and chancellor of the Archdiocese of Detroit. He taught theology at Sacred Heart Seminary, where he was dean of studies as well. Blair was personal secretary to Edmund Cardinal Szoka and an official of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See from 1994 to 1997, whence he was named pastor of St. Paul Church in Grosse Point Farms.
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