Three priests incardinated into Archdiocese of Hartford

From left, Father Lopez, Archbishop Mansell, Father Zapata, and Father Pushpanathan

HARTFORD (10-24-2008) - The Most Reverend Henry J. Mansell incardinated three priests into the Archdiocese in a ceremony at the Chancery on October 24, 2008. By signing the "Decree of Incardination," the Archbishop declared that the priests are incardinated "absolutely and permanently into the Archdiocese of Hartford." The Catholic Encyclopedia explains that the words "excardination" and "incardination" are used to denote that a given person is freed from the jurisdiction of one bishop and is transferred to that of another.

Reverend Zacarias Pushpanathan, ordained January 14, 1981, comes from the Diocese of Añatuya in Argentina. Reverend Carlos Mario Zapata Sanchez, ordained December 3, 1988, and Reverend Gustavo Lopez Castro, ordained May 6, 1990, are from the Diocese of Quibdó in Colombia.