Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair [Catholic-Hierarchy]

• ️David M. Cheney
• ️Tue Apr 12 1949

Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Apr 1949		Born
26 Jun 1976	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
9 Jul 1999	50.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
9 Jul 1999	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Voncariana
24 Aug 1999	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Voncariana
7 Oct 2003	54.4	Appointed	Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
4 Dec 2003	54.6	Installed	Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
29 Oct 2013	64.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
16 Dec 2013	64.6	Installed	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
1 May 2024	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

MicroData Summary for Leonard Paul Blair
(VIAF: 288916055; WikiData: Q608872)
Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair (born 12 Apr 1949) Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford

• Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop
• Ad Limina - February 2012: Bishop
• Ad Limina - November 2019: Bishop

Event	Place
Birth Place	Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Priest	Chapel, Sacred Heart, Seminary, Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Bishop	Most Blessed Sacrament, Cathedral, Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Hartford. a priest for years a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by: John Francis Cardinal Dearden † Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan Principal Consecrator: Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan Principal Co-Consecrators: Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek † Bishop of Gary, Indiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida (1984) Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969) Titular Archbishop of Mauriana Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Pope Pius X (1884) (St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †) Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823) Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres, S.E.M.V. (2018)

Source(s):

• c1: CB, 7 Nov 2011
• ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 156, Number 13,599
• ab: Bollettino, 29 Oct 2013
• i: CB, 30 Oct 2013
• op.loc: CB, 29 Oct 2022
• r: Bollettino, 1 May 2024

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