His Excellency, 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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Archdiocese | Detroit |
Appointed | January 5, 2009 |
Installed | January 28, 2009 |
Predecessor | Adam Maida |
Other posts |
Ecclesiastical Superior of the Cayman Islands Chairman, USCCB Committee on Doctrine Chairman, Michigan Catholic Conference Board President, Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan |
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Ordination | July 26, 1975 by John Francis Dearden |
Consecration | July 9, 1996 by Adam Maida, James Aloysius Hickey, and Edmund Szoka |
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Born |
Mount Clemens, Michigan |
October 21, 1948
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
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Motto | ASPICIENTES IN IESUM (Eyes fixed on Jesus) |
Styles of Allen Henry Vigneron |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
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 J. Byrnes | May 5, 2011 |
Jose Arturo Cepeda Escobedo | May 5, 2011 |
Donald F. Hanchon | 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 |
Gerard W. Battersby | January 25, 2017 |
Robert J. Fisher | January 25, 2017 |
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.
The eldest of six children, Allen Vigneron was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, to Elwin and Bernardine (née Kott) Vigneron. He is of French descent on his father's side and German on his mother's. 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.
Upon his return to the United States, Vigneron was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal John Francis Dearden on July 26, 1975. 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.