Archdiocese of Detroit

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Bishop(s) Adam Joseph Maida, Cardinal, Archbishop Daniel Ernest Flores, Auxiliary Bishop John Michael Quinn, Auxiliary Bishop Francis Ronald Reiss, Auxiliary Bishop Moses Bosco Anderson, S.S.E., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Thomas John Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Gaylord Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lansing Marquette Saginaw

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 22 May 1937 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) State: Michigan Country: United States of America Square Kilometers: 10,106 (3,901 Square Miles) Description: Monroe, Wayne, Oakland, St. Clair, Macomb, and Lapeer Counties. Conference Region: VI (OH, MI) Catholic Directory Abbreviation: DET Official Web Site: http://www.aodonline.org/ Mailing Address: 1234 Washington Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226 Telephone: (313)237-5816 Fax: 237-4642

Historical Details

• Diocese of Detroit
  • Latin Name: Detroitensis
  • Erected: 8 March 1833
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cincinnati
  • State: Michigan
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Miles: 18,558
  • Description: Comprises the counties of the lower peninsula of the State of Michigan, south of the Counties of Ottawa, Kent, Montcalm, Gratiot, and Saginaw, and east of the Counties of Saginaw and Bay

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Frederick John Conrad Résé (Reze) † (25 Feb 1833 Appointed - 30 Dec 1871 Died)
• Caspar Henry Borgess † (30 Dec 1871 Succeeded - 16 Apr 1887 Resigned)
• John Samual Foley † (11 Feb 1888 Appointed - 5 Jan 1918 Died)
• Michael James Gallagher † (18 Jul 1918 Appointed - 20 Jan 1937 Died)
• Edward Aloysius Mooney † (31 May 1937 Appointed - 25 Oct 1958 Died)
• John Francis Dearden † (18 Dec 1958 Appointed - 15 Jul 1980 Resigned)
• Edmund Casimir Szoka (28 Mar 1981 Appointed - 28 Apr 1990 Appointed, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See)
• Adam Joseph Maida (28 Apr 1990 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Detroit
8 March 1833	Erected	Diocese of Cincinnati	Diocese of Detroit (erected) (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas east of the Mississippi River)
28 November 1843	Territory Lost	Diocese of Detroit	Diocese of Milwaukee (erected)
29 July 1853	Territory Lost	Diocese of Detroit	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Michigan (erected)
19 May 1882	Territory Lost	Diocese of Detroit	Diocese of Grand Rapids (erected)
22 May 1937	Territory Lost	Diocese of Detroit	Diocese of Lansing (erected)
Archdiocese of Detroit
22 May 1937	Elevated	Diocese of Detroit	Archdiocese of Detroit
26 February 1938	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Detroit Diocese of Grand Rapids	Diocese of Saginaw (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Detroit
1908	256,500			193	44	237	1,082				146	ce
Archdiocese of Detroit
1950	900,000	3,113,503	28.9%	588	285	873	1,030		365	3,608	236	ap1951
1966	1,510,000	4,850,000	31.1%	823	520	1,343	1,124		714	4,590	347	ap1967
1968	1,598,417	4,958,000	32.2%	763	610	1,373	1,164		827	4,405	345	ap1971
1976	1,509,277	4,527,830	33.3%	644	360	1,004	1,503	54	511	3,151	339	ap1977
1980	1,190,042	4,425,800	26.9%	614	375	989	1,203	93	561	3,050	344	ap1981
1990	1,494,000	4,238,900	35.2%	520	300	820	1,821	156	461	2,159	308	ap1991
1999	1,453,756	4,266,650	34.1%	495	308	803	1,810	147	107	1,890	306	ap2000
2000	1,443,651	4,266,654	33.8%	561	335	896	1,611	147	479	1,909	313	ap2001
2001	1,443,651	4,266,651	33.8%	487	294	781	1,848	146	433	1,900	308	ap2002
2002	1,465,918	4,441,551	33.0%	481	300	781	1,876	147	430	1,911	310	ap2003
2003	1,432,734	4,441,551	32.3%	474	339	813	1,762	145	469	1,871	310	ap2004
2004	1,481,866	4,441,551	33.4%	505	233	738	2,007	152	359	1,897	309	ap2005
2006	1,469,000	4,523,000	32.5%	477	217	694	2,116	159	314	1,713	303	ap2007

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Moses Bosco Anderson, S.S.E. (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Dec 1982 to 24 Oct 2003)
• Leonard Paul Blair (Priest: 26 Jun 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jul 1999 to 7 Oct 2003)
• Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. (Priest: 20 May 1978; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jul 2002 to 27 Feb 2008)
• Alexander Joseph Brunett (Priest: 13 Jul 1958 to 19 Apr 1994)
• Patrick Ronald Cooney (Priest: 20 Dec 1959; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1982 to 6 Nov 1989)
• Daniel Ernest Flores (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Oct 2006)
• Thomas John Gumbleton (Priest: 2 Jun 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Mar 1968 to 2 Feb 2006)
• Bernard Joseph Harrington (Priest: 6 Jun 1959; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Nov 1993 to 4 Nov 1998)
• Walter Allison Hurley (Priest: 5 Jun 1965; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jul 2003 to 21 Jun 2005)
• Joseph Leopold Imesch (Priest: 16 Dec 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Feb 1973 to 30 Jun 1979)
• Adam Joseph Maida (Archbishop: 28 Apr 1990 - )
• Dale Joseph Melczek (Priest: 6 Jun 1964; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1982)
• John Clayton Nienstedt (Priest: 27 Jul 1974; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jun 1996 to 12 Jun 2001)
• John Michael Quinn (Priest: 17 Mar 1972; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jul 2003)
• Francis Ronald Reiss (Priest: 4 Jun 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jul 2003)
• Edmund Casimir Szoka (Archbishop: 28 Mar 1981 to 28 Apr 1990)
• Allen Henry Vigneron (Priest: 26 Jul 1975; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jun 1996 to 10 Jan 2003)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Allen James Babcock † (Priest: 7 Mar 1925; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Feb 1947 to 23 Mar 1954)
• Caspar Henry Borgess † (Coadjutor Bishop: 14 Feb 1870; Bishop: 30 Dec 1871 to 16 Apr 1887)
• Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck † (Priest: 30 May 1942; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Oct 1965 to 15 Oct 1969)
• Kevin Michael Britt † (Priest: 28 Jun 1970; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Nov 1993 to 10 Dec 2002)
• John Francis Dearden † (Archbishop: 18 Dec 1958 to 15 Jul 1980)
• Henry Edmund Donnelly † (Priest: 17 Aug 1930; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Sep 1954 to 4 Nov 1967)
• John Anthony Donovan † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Sep 1954 to 25 Feb 1967)
• Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Aug 1946 to 20 Oct 1949)
• John Samual Foley † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1888 to 5 Jan 1918)
• Michael James Gallagher † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1918 to 20 Jan 1937)
• Francis Clement Kelley † (Priest: 23 Aug 1893 to 25 Jun 1924)
• Edward Denis Kelly † (Priest: 16 Jun 1886; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Dec 1910 to 16 Jan 1919)
• Arthur Henry Krawczak † (Priest: 18 May 1940; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Feb 1973 to 17 Aug 1982)
• Peter Paul Lefevère (Lefebre) † (Coadjutor Bishop: 23 Jul 1841 to 4 Mar 1869)
• Camillus Paul Maes † (Priest: 19 Dec 1868 to 1 Oct 1884)
• Edward Aloysius Mooney † (Archbishop: 31 May 1937 to 25 Oct 1958)
• William Francis Murphy † (Priest: 13 Jun 1908 to 26 Feb 1938)
• Joseph Casimir Plagens † (Priest: 5 Jul 1903; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 May 1924 to 16 Nov 1935)
• Frederick John Conrad Résé (Reze) † (Bishop: 25 Feb 1833 to 30 Dec 1871)
• Walter Joseph Schoenherr † (Priest: 27 Oct 1945; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Mar 1968 to 7 Mar 1995)
• Kenneth Edward Untener † (Priest: 1 Jun 1963 to 4 Oct 1980)
• Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki † (Priest: 22 Dec 1917; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Dec 1937 to 28 Mar 1950)
• Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski † (Priest: 12 Jul 1931; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Mar 1950 to 7 Oct 1964)