Archdiocesan Archives: About

The Archdiocesan Archives is an administrative office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford. Its first priority is providing service to the Archbishop and the Archdiocesan central administrative offices.

Canon Law & Diocesan Archives

• The Code of Canon Law mandates that an archives be kept on the diocesan level. 
  • Canon 486.2 states: “In every curia, there is to be established in a safe place a diocesan archive…in which the instruments and writings which refer to both the spiritual and temporal affairs of the diocese, properly arranged and diligently secured, are to be safeguarded.”
• In keeping with Canon 486.2 and following the 1974 NCCB (USCCB) Document on Ecclesiastical Archives, Archbishop John F. Whealon, D.D., S.S.L., S.T.L., established the Office of the Archdiocesan Archives in 1976 as a central diocesan repository for the official and ancillary records of the Archdiocese of Hartford.
• Since 2001, the Archdiocese of Hartford has committed to operating a professionally managed Archives.  
  • Pursuant to Canon 482, the archives is the direct responsibility of the Chancellor, but is administered by the Archivist, who is granted canonical faculties to fulfill this mandate.

General Overview

• General Overview (PDF)

Mission Statement, Purpose & Function

• Mission Statement, Purpose, & Function (PDF)

History & Timelines

• Archives & Records Center
  • Archives History (PDF)
  • Archives Timeline (PDF)
  • Archives Archivists (PDF)
• Archdiocese of Hartford
  • AOH Historical Overview (PDF)
  • AOH General History (PDF)
  • AOH History of the Bishops (PDF)

Access & Use

• Access & Use Policy (PDF)
• Rules of the Archives (PDF)
• Guide to Handling Archival Records/ Materials (PDF)

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