16 hours ago · The pope has discretion when to name a new archbishop after the leader turns 75. Vigneron was installed as archbishop on Jan. 28, 2009, when the Archdiocese of Detroit had 1.43 million Catholics ...

15 hours ago · He succeeds Archbishop Allen Vigneron, who has served southeast Michigan's Catholic community since 2009 and is retiring. The archdiocese encompasses more than 900,000 Catholics, 213 parishes and ...

15 hours ago · The new archbishop will be installed at a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 2 p.m. on March 18. The archbishop-elect will lead an evening prayer at Sacred Heart Major ...

1 day ago · In an early morning announcement Feb. 11, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger, 64, the current bishop of Tucson, Arizona, to be Detroit's sixth archbishop and 10th ordinary, succeeding Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, 76, whose resignation — submitted upon his 75th birthday as required by canon law — has been accepted by the pope.

The archbishop-elect succeeds Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, who has served the archdiocese since 2009. The new archbishop will be installed at a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 2:00 p.m. on March 18. On March 17 at 5:30 p.m., Archbishop-elect Weisenburger will lead Vespers (evening prayer) at Sacred Heart Major Seminary.

In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdiocese (with some exceptions), or are otherwise granted a titular archbishopric.

16 hours ago · Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron has resigned from his post at the top of the Archdiocese of Detroit after more than 15 years, 7 News Detroit has learned. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

16 hours ago · Pope Francis on Feb. 11 tapped Arizona's Bishop Edward Weisenburger as the new archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, appointing a staunch defender of migrants and an environmental advocate to lead one ...

WASHINGTON – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Detroit, and has appointed Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger of Tucson, as Archbishop of that Metropolitan See, and Superior of the Mission sui juris of the Cayman Islands.. The resignation and appointment were publicized in Washington, …

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