ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT

As of 2005, the 'Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit' covers the City of Detroit as well as Lapeer, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne counties in Michigan.
The Diocese of Detroit, erected on March 8, 1833, was elevated to Archdiocese on May 22, 1937.
The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament located in Detroit serves as the Archbishop's church.

Contents

History

Leadership

Roman Catholic Archbishops of Detroit

Auxiliary Bishops

Auxiliary Bishops (emeritus)

High Schools

See also

External link

History

The Diocese of Detroit was formed in 1833. At this time it covered Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas to the Missouri River.
In 1843 all area that had been in the Detroit Diocese not in Michigan was transfered to the Milwaukee Diocese.
By the end of 1853 it consisted of the Thumb Area of Michigan, and most of Michigan south of the line running from Saginaw to Grand Rapids and west to Lake Michigan.(source=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ddetr.html) This had been caused by the organization of the Vicarate Apostolic of Upper Michigan.

Leadership

Roman Catholic Archbishops of Detroit

Archbishops and their terms of service:

★ Bishop Frederick John Conrad Rese (1833-1871)

★ Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess (1871-1887)

★ Bishop John Samuel Foley (1888-1918)

★ Bishop Michael James Gallagher (1918-1937)

★ Archbishop Edward Francis Cardinal Mooney (1937-1958)

★ Archbishop John Francis Cardinal Dearden (1958-1980)

★ Archbishop Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka (1981-1990)

★ Archbishop Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida (1990-present)

Auxiliary Bishops

★ Earl Alfred Boyea,

★ Daniel E. Flores

★ John Michael Quinn

★ Francis Ronald Reiss

Auxiliary Bishops (emeritus)

★ Moses Bosco Anderson

★ Thomas Gumbleton

★ Walter Joseph Schoenherr, deceased April 2007

High Schools

★ Academy of the Sacred Heart High School, Bloomfield Hills

★ Bishop Foley Catholic High School, Madison Heights

★ Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield Hills

★ Cabrini High School, Allen Park

★ Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, Marine City

★ De La Salle Collegiate High School, Warren

★ Detroit Catholic Central High School, Novi

★ Divine Child High School, Dearborn

★ Gabriel Richard High School, Riverview

★ Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic High School, Warren

★ Ladywood High School, Livonia

★ Loyola High School, Detroit

★ Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills

★ Mercy High School, Farmington Hills

★ Notre Dame Preparatory, Pontiac

★ Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School, Wyandotte

★ Our Lady of the Lakes High School, Waterford

★ Regina High School, Harper Woods

★ Shrine Catholic High School

★ St. Mary Catholic Central High School, Monroe

★ St. Mary's Preparatory, Orchard Lake

★ University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, Detroit

See also

★ Polish Cathedral style churches

External link

★ Archdiocese of Detroit