Moses Anderson

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Moses B. Anderson

SSE
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseDetroit
InstalledDecember 2, 1982
Term endedOctober 24, 2003
Other post(s)Titular Bishop of Vatarba
Pastor of Precious Blood Parish, Detroit (1992-2001)
Orders
OrdinationMay 30, 1958
ConsecrationJanuary 27, 1983
by Edmund Szoka, Harold Robert Perry, and Arthur Henry Krawczak
Personal details
Born(1928-09-09)September 9, 1928
Selma, Alabama, U.S.
DiedJanuary 1, 2013(2013-01-01) (aged 84)[1]
Livonia, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materSaint Michael's College[citation needed]
Xavier University

Bishop Moses Bosco Anderson, SSE (September 9, 1928 – January 1, 2013) was a bishop in the Catholic Church.

Biography[]

He was born on September 9, 1928 in Selma, Alabama, and graduated from Knox Academy there in the year 1949. He was a member of the Society of St. Edmund. Anderson then attended Saint Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont, where he majored in philosophy attaining a B.A. and graduating magna cum laude.[citation needed] From there he moved on to Saint Edmund's Seminary in Burlington, Vermont.

He earned an M.S. in Sociology at St. Michael's College in 1961. He also earned an M.A. in Theology at Xavier University in 1968.

Anderson was ordained priest on May 30, 1958. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit on December 3, 1982, and consecrated at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament on January 27, 1983. Since December 2, 1982 he was named the titular bishop of Vatarba. On January 18, 1992, he became the head of Precious Blood Parish in Detroit.

Beginning January 10, 1994, Bishop Anderson headed Region 1 of the archdiocese which includes Detroit, Highland Park, Hamtramck, Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods making ten vicariates. He retired in the year 2003 upon reaching the age of 75.[2]

Death[]

He had died on January 1, 2013, in Livonia, Michigan, from cardiac arrest.[1][3][4][5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Moses B. Anderson, SSE, has died Archived 2018-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, Archdiocese of Detroit, Jan 2, 2013
  2. ^ Bishop Moses Anderson Retires as Detroit Auxiliary Bishop[permanent dead link], Archdiocese of Detroit, October 24, 2003
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2013-01-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2013-01-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/statements/2013/january/cardinal-edmund-c-szoka/
  6. ^ http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/statements/2013/january/bishop-dale-j-melczek/

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