All Bishops
Name | Details |
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Born: Sep. 9, 1928 Ordained Priest (Society of St. Edmund): May 30, 1958 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Dec. 2, 1982 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Jan. 27, 1983 Retired: Oct. 24, 2003 Died: Jan. 1, 2013 | |
His Excellency, Allen James Babcock | Born: June 17, 1898 (Bad Axe, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: March 7, 1925 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia: Feb. 15, 1947 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: March 25, 1947 Appointed Seventh Bishop of Grand Rapids: March 23, 1954 Installed Bishop of Grand Rapids: May 20, 1954 Died: June 27, 1969 |
| His Excellency, Gerard Battersby | Born: May 15, 1960 Ordained Priest: May 30, 1998 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Eguga: November 23, 2016 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Eguga: January 25, 2017 Named Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin: Mar. 19, 2024 Installed Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconson: May 20, 2024 |
His Excellency, Leonard Paul Blair | Born: Dec. 12, 1949 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: June 26, 1976 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Voncariana: July 8, 1999 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Aug. 24, 1999 Appointed Bishop of Toledo, Ohio: Oct. 7, 2003 Installed Bishop of Toledo, Ohio: Dec. 4, 2003 Appointed Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut: Oct. 29, 2013 Installed Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut: Dec. 16, 2013 |
His Excellency, Right Reverend Caspar Henry Borgess | Born: Aug. 1, 1826 (Addrup, Germany) Ordained Priest (Cincinnati): Dec. 8, 1848 Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Calydon: Feb. 15, 1870 Ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit: April 24, 1870 Succeeded as Third Bishop of Detroit: Dec. 30, 1871 Retired and Appointed Titular Bishop of Phacusa: April 16, 1887 Died: May 3, 1890 |
His Excellency, Earl Alfred Boyea | Born: April 10, 1951 (Pontiac, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: May 20, 1978 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Siccenna: July 22, 2002 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Sept. 13, 2002 Appointed Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Lansing: Feb. 27, 2008 Installed Bishop of Lansing: April 29, 2008 |
His Excellency, Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck | Born: Aug. 3, 1914 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: May 30, 1942 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Tepelta: Oct. 18, 1965 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Dec. 20, 1965 Appointed Eighth Bishop of Grand Rapids: Oct. 15, 1969 Installed Bishop of Grand Rapids: Dec. 2, 1969 Retired: June 24, 1989 Died: March 12, 2005 |
His Excellency, Kevin Michael Britt | Born: Nov. 19, 1944 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: June 28, 1970 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Esco: Nov. 23, 1993 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Jan. 6, 1994 Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Grand Rapids: Dec. 10, 2002 Installed Coadjutor Bishop of Grand Rapids: Feb. 12, 2003 Succeeded as Tenth Bishop of Grand Rapids: Oct. 13, 2003 Died: May 16, 2004 |
Archbishop Alexander Joseph Brunet | Born: Jan. 17, 1934 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: July 13, 1958 Appointed Eighth Bishop of Helena, Montana: April 19, 1994 Ordained and Installed Bishop of Helena, Montana: July 6, 1994 Appointed Eighth Ordinary and Fourth Archbishop of Seattle: Oct. 28, 1997 Installed Archbishop of Seattle: Dec. 18, 1997 Retired: Sept. 16, 2010 |
His Excellency, Michael J. Byrnes | Born: Aug. 23, 1958 (Detroit, Michigan) |
Born: May 15, 1969 (San Luis Potosi, Mexico) | |
His Excellency, Patrick Ronald Cooney | Born: March 10, 1934 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: Dec. 20, 1959 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Hodelm: Dec. 3, 1982 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Jan. 27, 1983 Appointed Third Bishop of Gaylord: Nov. 6, 1989 Installed Bishop of Gaylord: Jan. 28, 1990 Retired: Oct. 7, 2009 Died: Oct. 15, 2012 |
His Eminence, John Francis Cardinal Dearden | Born: Oct. 15, 1907 (Valley Falls, Rhode Island) Ordained Priest (Cleveland): Dec. 8, 1932 Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh and Titular Bishop of Sarepta: March 13, 1948 Ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh: May 18, 1948 Succeeded as Seventh Bishop of Pittsburgh: Dec. 22, 1950 Appointed Seventh Ordinary and Second Archbishop of Detroit: Dec. 18, 1958 Installed Archbishop of Detroit: Jan. 29, 1959 Created Cardinal Priest of S. Pio X alla Balduina, Roma: April 28, 1969 Retired: July 15, 1980 Died: Aug. 1, 1988 |
His Excellency, Henry Edmund Donnelly | Born: Aug. 28, 1904 (Hudson, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: Aug. 17, 1930 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Tymbrias: Sept. 6, 1954 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Oct. 26, 1954 Died: Nov. 4, 1967 |
His Excellency, John Anthony Donovan | Born: Aug. 5, 1911 (London, Ontario, Canada) Ordained Detroit Priest: Dec. 8, 1935 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Rhasus: Sept. 6, 1954 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Oct. 26, 1954 Appointed Fifth Bishop of Toledo in America: Feb. 25, 1967 Installed Bishop of Toledo: April 18, 1967 Retired: July 29, 1980 Died: Sept. 18, 1991 |
| His Excellency, Robert Fisher | Born: September 24, 1959 Ordained Priest: June 27, 1992 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii: November 23, 2016 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Popilii: January 25, 2017 |
His Excellency, Right Reverend John Samuel Foley | Born: Nov. 5, 1833 (Baltimore, Maryland) Ordained Priest (Baltimore): Dec. 20, 1856 Appointed Fourth Bishop of Detroit: Feb. 11, 1888 Ordained and Installed Bishop of Detroit: Nov. 4, 1888 Died: Jan. 5, 1918 |
His Excellency, Daniel Edward Flores | Born: Aug. 28, 1961 (Palacios, Texas) Ordained Priest (Corpus Christi): Jan. 30, 1988 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Cozyla: Oct. 28, 2006 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Nov. 29, 2006 Appointed Sixth Bishop of Brownsville, Texas: Dec. 9, 2009 Installed Bishop of Brownsville, Texas: Feb. 2, 2010 |
His Excellency, Most Reverend Michael James Gallagher | Born: Nov. 16, 1866 (Auburn, Michigan) Ordained Priest (Grand Rapids): March 19, 1893 Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Grand Rapids and Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania: July 5, 1915 Ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Grand Rapids: Sept. 8, 1915 Succeeded as Second Bishop of Grand Rapids: Dec. 26, 1916 Appointed Fifth Bishop of Detroit: July 18, 1918 Installed Bishop of Detroit: Nov. 18, 1918 Died: Jan. 20, 1937 |
His Excellency, Thomas J. Gumbleton | Born: Jan. 26, 1930 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: June 2, 1956 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Ululi: March 8, 1968 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: May 1, 1968 Retired: Jan. 21, 2006 Died: Apr. 4, 2024 |
Born: Oct. 9, 1947 (Jackson, Michigan) Ordained Priest: Oct. 19, 1974 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Horreomargum: March 22, 2011 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Horreomargum: May 5, 2011 Retired: Mar. 3, 2023 | |
His Excellency, Bernard Joseph Harrington | Born: Sep. 6, 1933 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: June 6, 1959 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Uzali: Nov. 23, 1993 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Jan. 6, 1994 Appointed Seventh Bishop of Winona, Minnesota: Nov. 4, 1998 Installed Bishop of Winona, Minnesota: Jan. 6, 1999 Retired: May 7, 2009 |
His Excellency, Walter Allison Hurley | Born: May 30, 1937 (Frederickton, New Brunswick, Canada) Ordained Detroit Priest: June 5, 1965 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Cunavia: July 7, 2003 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Aug. 12, 2003 Appointed Eleventh Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan: June 21, 2005 Installed Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Aug. 4, 2005 Installed Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Aug. 4, 2005 Retired June 18, 2013 |
His Excellency, Joseph Leopold Imesch | Born: June 21, 1931 (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: Dec. 16, 1956 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Pomaria: Feb. 8, 1973 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: April 3, 1973 Appointed Third Bishop of Joliet in Illinois: June 30, 1979 Installed Bishop of Joliet in Illinois: Aug. 28, 1979 Retired: May 16, 2006 Died: Dec. 22, 2015 |
His Excellency, Edward Denis Kelley | Born: Dec. 30, 1860 |
His Excellency, Francis Clement Kelley | Born: Oct. 23, 1870 (Vernon River, Prince Edward Island, Canada) Ordained Detroit Priest: Aug. 23, 1893 Appointed Second Bishop of Oklahoma (City and Tulsa): June 25, 1924 Ordained and Installed Bishop of Oklahoma: Oct. 2, 1924 Died: Feb. 1, 1948 |
His Excellency, Arthur Henry Krawczak | Born: Feb. 2, 1913 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: May 18, 1940 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Subbar: Feb. 8, 1973 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: April 3, 1973 Retired: Aug. 17, 1982 Died: Jan. 13, 2000 |
His Excellency, Right Reverend Peter Paul Lefevere | Administrator: 1841 – 1869 Born: April 30, 1804 (Roulers, Belgium) Ordained Priest: Nov. 30, 1831 Appointed Coadjutor (Second) Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Zela: July 23, 1841 Ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit: Nov. 21, 1841 Died: March 4, 1869 |
His Excellency, Camillus Paul Maes | Born: March 13, 1846 (Kortrijk, Belgium) Ordained Detroit Priest: Dec. 19, 1868 Appointed Third Bishop of Covington, Kentucky: Oct. 1, 1884 Ordained and Installed Bishop of Covington, Kentucky: Jan. 1, 1885 Died: May 11, 1915 |
His Excellency, Robert John McClory | Born: Oct. 10, 1963 Ordained Detroit Priest: May 22, 1999 Appointed Fifth Bishop of Gary, Indiana: Nov. 26, 2019 Ordained and Installed Bishop of Gary, Indiana: Feb. 11, 2020 |
His Excellency, Dale Joseph Melczek | Born: Nov. 9, 1938 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: June 6, 1964 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Tragurium: Dec. 3, 1982 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Jan. 27, 1983 Appointed Apostolic Administrator of Gary, Indiana: Aug. 19, 1992 Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Gary, Indiana: Oct. 28, 1995 Succeeded as Third Bishop of Gary, Indiana: June 1, 1996 Retired November 24, 2014 Died August 25, 2022 |
His Eminence, Edward Aloysius Cardinal Mooney | Born: May 9, 1882 (Mount Savage, Maryland) Ordained Priest (Cleveland): April 10, 1909 Appointed Apostolic Delegate to India and Titular Archbishop of Irenopolis in Isauria: Jan. 21, 1926 Ordained Titular Archbishop of Irenopolis in Isauria: Jan. 31, 1926 Appointed Apostolic Delegate to Japan: March 30, 1931 Appointed Fourth Bishop (Archbishop) of Rochester, New York: Aug. 28, 1933 Appointed Sixth Ordinary and First Archbishop of Detroit: May 31, 1937 Installed First Archbishop of Detroit: Aug. 3, 1937 Created Cardinal Priest of Santa Susanna, Roma: Feb. 18, 1946 Died: Oct. 25, 1958 (Rome) |
Born: March 18, 1930 (East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania) Ordained Priest (Pittsburgh): May 26, 1956 Appointed Ninth Bishop of Green Bay: Nov. 8, 1983 Ordained and Installed Bishop of Green Bay: Jan. 25, 1984 Appointed Ninth Ordinary and Fourth Archbishop of Detroit: April 28, 1990 Installed Archbishop of Detroit: June 12, 1990 Created Cardinal Priest of SS. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio, Roma: Nov. 26, 1994 Appointed Superior of the Cayman Islands, Antilles: July 14, 2000 Appointed Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Detroit: Jan. 5, 2009 Retired: Jan. 29, 2009 | |
| Bishop Jeffrey Monforton | Born: May 5, 1963 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: June 25, 1994 Appointed Fifth Bishop of Steubenville: July 3, 2012 Ordained and Installed Bishop of Steubenville: September 10, 2012 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Centuria: September 28, 2023 |
| Bishop William Francis Murphy | Born: May 11, 1885 (Kalamazoo, Michigan Ordained Detroit Priest: June 3, 1908 Appointed First Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan: Feb. 26, 1938 Ordained and Installed Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan: May 3, 1938 Died: Feb. 7, 1950 |
His Excellency, John Clayton Nienstedt | Born: March, 18, 1947 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: July 27, 1974 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Alton: June 12, 1996 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: July 9, 1996 Appointed Third Bishop of New Ulm: June 12, 2001 Installed Bishop of New Ulm: Aug. 6, 2001 Appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis: April 24, 2007 Succeeded as Tenth Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis: May 2, 2008 Resigned: June 15, 2015 |
His Excellency, Joseph Casimir Plagens | Born: Jan. 29, 1880 (Czeszewo, Poland) Ordained Detroit Priest: July 5, 1903 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Rhodiopolis: May 22, 1924 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Sept. 30, 1924 Appointed Fifth Bishop of Marquette: Nov. 16, 1935 Installed Bishop of Marquette: Jan. 29, 1936 Appointed Fifth Bishop of Grand Rapids: Dec. 16, 1940 Installed Bishop of Grand Rapids: Feb. 18, 1941 Died: March 31, 1943 |
His Excellency, John Michael Quinn | Born: Dec. 17, 1945 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: March 17, 1972 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Ressiana: July 7, 2003 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Aug. 12, 2003 Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Winona, Minnesota: Oct. 15, 2008 Installed Coadjutor Bishop of Winona, Minnesota: Dec. 11, 2008 Succeeded as Eighth Bishop of Winona, Minnesota: May 7, 2009 Retired: Jun. 2, 2022 |
Born: Nov. 11, 1940 (Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: June 4, 1966 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Remesiana: July 7, 2003 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Aug. 12, 2003 Retired: Nov. 11, 2015 | |
His Excellency, Right Reverend Frederick John Conrad Résé | Born: Feb. 6, 1791 (Vienenburg, Germany) Ordained Priest: March 15, 1823 Appointed First Bishop of Detroit: Feb. 25, 1833 Ordained and Installed Bishop of Detroit: Oct. 6, 1833 Retired: Aug. 19, 1840 Died: Dec. 30, 1871 |
His Excellency, Walter Joseph Schoenherr | Born: Feb. 28, 1920 (Center Line, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: Oct. 27, 1945 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Timidana: March 8, 1968 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: May 1, 1968 Retired: March 7, 1995 Died: April 27, 2007 |
Born: Sep. 14, 1927 (Grand Rapids, Michigan) Ordained Priest (Marquette): June 5, 1954 Appointed First Bishop of Gaylord: June 11, 1971 Ordained and Installed Bishop of Gaylord: July 20, 1971 Appointed Eighth Ordinary and Third Archbishop of Detroit: March 21, 1981 Installed Archbishop of Detroit: May 17, 1981 Created Cardinal Priest of SS. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Cielo, Roma: June 28, 1988 Appointed President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See: April 28, 1990 Appointed President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State: Oct. 15, 1997 Appointed President of Vatican City State: Feb. 22, 2001 Retired: Sept. 15, 2006 Died: Aug. 20, 2014 | |
His Excellency, Kenneth Edward Untener | Born: Aug. 3, 1937 (Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan) Ordained Detroit Priest: June 1, 1963 Appointed Fourth Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan: Oct. 4, 1980 Ordained and Installed Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan: Nov. 24, 1980 Died: March 27, 2004 |
His Excellency, Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki | Born: Aug. 17, 1894 (Miners Mills, Pennsylvania) Ordained Detroit Priest: Dec. 22, 1917 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Pelte: Dec. 13, 1937 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: Jan. 25, 1938 Appointed Second Bishop of Saginaw: March 28, 1950 Retired and Appointed Titular Bishop of Tiava: Oct. 30, 1968 Died: Dec. 10, 1968 |
Born: Oct. 21, 1948 Ordained Detroit Priest: July 26, 1975 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan: June 12, 1996 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: July 9, 1996 Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Oakland: Jan. 10, 2003 Installed Coadjutor Bishop of Oakland: Feb. 26, 2003 Succeeded as Third Bishop of Oakland: Oct. 1, 2003 Appointed Tenth Ordinary and Fifth Archbishop of Detroit: Jan. 5, 2009 Installed Archbishop of Detroit: Jan. 28, 2009 | |
His Excellency, Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski | Born: June 24, 1906 (Laurel, New York) Ordained Detroit Priest: July 12, 1931 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Lyrbe: March 28, 1950 Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit: May 23, 1950 Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Lansing: Oct. 7, 1964 Succeeded as Second Bishop of Lansing: Dec. 1, 1965 Died: May 16, 1975 |
