Archdiocese of Detroit Archidioecesis Detroitensis |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of Lapeer, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne |
Ecclesiastical province | Detroit |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,901 km2 (1,506 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 4,660,000 1,549,000 (33.2%) |
Parishes | 260 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 8, 1833 (184 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament |
Patron saint | St. Anne |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Allen Henry Vigneron |
Auxiliary Bishops |
Gerard William Battersby José Cepeda Robert Joseph Fisher Donald Hanchon |
Vicar General | Rev. Msgr. Robert McClory |
Emeritus Bishops |
Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida Thomas Gumbleton Francis R. Reiss |
Map | |
Website | |
Archdiocese website |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit (Latin: Archidioecesis Detroitensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church covering (as of 2005) the Michigan counties of Lapeer, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne. It is the metropolitan archdiocese for the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Detroit, which includes all dioceses in the state of Michigan. In addition, in 2000 the archdiocese accepted pastoral responsibility for the Roman Catholic Church in the Cayman Islands, which consists of Saint Ignatius Parish on Grand Cayman (the Archdiocese of Kingston maintains a mission sui iuris jurisdiction over the Cayman Islands).
Established as the Diocese of Detroit on March 8, 1833, it was elevated to archiepiscopal status on May 22, 1937. Ste. Anne's in Detroit is the second oldest continuously-operating Roman Catholic Parish in the United States dating from July 26, 1701; it now serves a large Hispanic congregation.