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Archdiocese of Hartford
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THE HALLOWED HISTORY CONTINUES: THE INSTALLATION OF ARCHBISHOP HENRY J. MANSELL 4TH ARCHBISHOP OF HARTFORD |
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THURSDAY, 2:00 P.M. DECEMBER 18, 2003 LIVE on WTXX-WB20 Simulcast on WJMJ 88.9 FM |
VATICAN
CITY, OCTOBER 20, 2003 (Vatican Information Service) - The Holy Father appointed
Bishop Henry Joseph Mansell of Buffalo, U.S.A., as metropolitan archbishop of
Hartford (area 5,926, population 1,863, 384, Catholics 719,953, priests 499,
permanent deacons 308, religious 1,191), U.S.A. The archbishop-elect was born in
1937 in New York, U.S.A., and was ordained a priest in 1962. The Holy Father
accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese
presented by Archbishop Daniel Anthony Cronin upon having reached the age limit.
Hartford, Connecticut, Thursday, December 18, 2003: The Archdiocese of Hartford has a new leader. Archbishop Henry J. Mansell was installed at 2:00 p.m. today as the fourth Archbishop of Hartford in a special Mass at the Cathedral of St. Joseph. Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, installed Archbishop Mansell, the former Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, NY.
Archbishop Montalvo presided over the Mass with Cardinals Edward Egan, Archbishop of New York, and Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., 55 Bishops, and 337 priests traveling from as far as Michigan. Also in attendance were 152 deacons, 21 civic leaders including Governor John Rowland, 15 ecumenical leaders, 86 representatives from religious communities, 142 people representing schools and universities throughout the archdiocese, 65 representatives of archdiocesan agencies and 93 persons from organizations such as the Knights of Columbus and the Knights of Peter Claver.
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