Allen Henry Vigneron
The Most Reverend Allen Henry Vigneron Ph.D., S.T.L. |
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Archbishop of Detroit Ecclesiastical Superior of the Cayman Islands |
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See | Detroit |
Appointed | January 5, 2009 |
Installed | January 28, 2009 |
Predecessor | Adam Maida |
Successor | incumbent |
Other posts | Ecclesiastical Superior of the Cayman Islands |
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Ordination | July 26, 1975 by John Francis Dearden |
Consecration | July 9, 1996 by Adam Maida |
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Born | Mount Clemens, Michigan, U.S. |
October 21, 1948
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
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Motto | Aspicientes in Iesum (Looking unto Jesus) |
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Styles of Allen Henry Vigneron |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency[1] |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Ordination history of Allen Henry Vigneron | |
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Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Adam Maida |
Date of consecration | July 9, 1996 |
Bishops consecrated by Allen Henry Vigneron as principal consecrator
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Bernard Hebda | December 1, 2009 |
Michael Byrnes | May 5, 2011 |
Jose Arturo Cepeda Escobedo | May 5, 2011 |
Paul J. Bradley | May 5, 2011 |
David Walkowiak | June 18, 2013 |
John Francis Doerfler | February 11, 2014 |
Steven J. Raica | August 28, 2014 |
Allen Henry Vigneron (born October 21, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current Archbishop of Detroit and Ecclesiastical Superior of the Cayman Islands, having previously served as Bishop of Oakland from 2003 to 2009.[2]
Biography
Early life
The eldest of six children, Allen Vigneron was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan,[2] to Elwin and Bernardine (née Kott) Vigneron. He is of French descent on his father's side and German on his mother's.[3] He graduated from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in 1970, receiving degrees in both Philosophy and Classical Languages. He then furthered his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Sacred Theology in 1973.
Priesthood
Upon his return to the United States, Vigneron was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal John Francis Dearden on July 26, 1975.[2] He then served as associate pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Harper Woods. He earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Gregorian in 1977, and later resumed his pastoral work in suburban Detroit.
Vigneron completed his graduate studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., earning his doctorate in philosophy in 1987 with a dissertation on Edmund Husserl. He was also made a professor (in 1985) and the dean (in 1988) of Sacred Heart Seminary. From 1991 to 1994, Vigneron served as an official in the Vatican Secretariat of State and adjunct instructor at the Gregorian. He then returned to Sacred Heart Seminary as its Rector. Vigneron, who was raised by Pope John Paul II to the rank of Monsignor in 1994,[2] removed several teachers from the seminary for having strayed from official church doctrine in his opinion.[4]
Episcopate
On June 12, 1996, Vigneron was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan. He received his episcopal consecration on the following July 9 from Cardinal Adam Maida, with Cardinals James Hickey and Edmund Szoka serving as co-consecrators. Vigneron was later named Coadjutor Bishop of Oakland, California, on January 10, 2003, succeeding John Stephen Cummins as the third Bishop of Oakland on October 1 of that same year.[2] In California, he helped lead protests against same-sex marriage.[5] He compared abortion and stem-cell research to slavery and racism.[4]
Pope Benedict XVI appointed Vigneron Archbishop of Detroit on January 5, 2009, replacing longtime incumbent Cardinal Maida.[2] Installed on January 28, 2009, Vigneron is the first metropolitan Detroit native named Archbishop of Detroit.[2] He was elected chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America on June 9, 2009. He received the pallium, a vestment worn by metropolitan bishops, from Benedict XVI on June 29, 2009 in a ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica. On April 21, 2011, as Archbishop of Detroit, he participated in an interfaith vigil held at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan.[6]
References
- ↑ Mass for Commerce Retrieved November 30, 2014
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- ↑ SFGate: "New Oakland bishop called conservative"
- ↑ Interfaith Vigil held at Islamic Center of America from Press & Guide, April 21, 2011, retrieved 27 April 2015
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Preceded by | Archbishop of Detroit 2009 – present |
Incumbent |
Ecclesiastical Superior of the Cayman Islands 2009 – present |
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Preceded by | Bishop of Oakland 2003–2009 |
Succeeded by Salvatore Cordileone |
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- 1948 births
- Sacred Heart Major Seminary alumni
- Catholic University of America alumni
- Living people
- People from Mount Clemens, Michigan
- American Roman Catholic archbishops
- 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland
- Roman Catholic Archbishops of Detroit
- Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
- American people of French descent
- American people of German descent
- Sacred Heart Major Seminary faculty