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Pope Benedict XVI appointed Vigneron as archbishop of Detroit on January 5, 2009, replacing Cardinal Maida. [1] Installed on January 28, 2009, Vigneron was the first Detroit native named archbishop of Detroit. [1] Vigneron was elected chair of the board of trustees of Catholic University of America on June 9, 2009.
On March 8, 1833, Father Rese was named to be the first bishop of Detroit with a papal bull in which Pope Gregory XVI declared as he erected the Diocese of Detroit. Father Rese would be the first German-born bishop in the United States. Ten months elapsed, however, before Detroit welcomed its own bishop. Father Rese desired to be consecrated by ...
Foley died in 1918, after 30 years as bishop of Detroit. [11] The last bishop of Detroit was Bishop Michael Gallagher from Grand Rapids, appointed by Pope Benedict XV in 1918. [26] In 1921, the archdiocese published a poster prohibiting the provision of sterilization and abortion services in its hospitals.
The Diocese of Saint Petersburg was erected in 1968 with Charles Borromeo McLaughlin (701) as its first bishop (cathedral pictured.) Bishop Justin Najmy (731) was named the first apostolic exarch for the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the United States in 1968 (cathedral pictured.) Humberto Sousa Medeiros (733) was cardinal and archbishop of ...
Gerard William Battersby (born May 15, 1960) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Detroit from 2016-2024. On March 19, 2024, he was appointed Bishop of La Crosse. [1]
Visitation and funeral arrangements have been set for Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, who passed away April 4, 2024.. Gumbleton, an Archdiocese of Detroit bishop ordained as a priest in 1956, was known ...
It was created by Pope John Paul II on January 11, 1982, as the Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America for the Chaldeans, [2] covering the entire United States.. It was elevated to an eparchy, an Eastern-rite Catholic diocese, led by an eparch (bishop) on August 3, 1985.
On October 28, 2006, Flores was appointed as auxiliary bishop of Detroit and titular bishop of Cozyla by Pope Benedict XVI. [5] He received his episcopal consecration on November 29, 2006, from Cardinal Adam Maida , with Bishops Edmond Carmody and René Gracida serving as co-consecrators. [ 6 ]