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Allen Vigneron

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Allen Henry Vigneron
Ph.D., S.T.L.
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
Orders
Ordination July 26, 1975
by John Francis Dearden
Consecration July 9, 1996
by Adam Maida, James Aloysius Hickey, and Edmund Szoka
Personal details
Born (1948-10-21) October 21, 1948 (age 68)
Mount Clemens, Michigan
Nationality  American
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
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(Eyes fixed on Jesus)
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Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

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.


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