Allen Henry Vigneron

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Allen Henry Vigneron Ph.D., S.T.L.
Archbishop of Detroit Ecclesiastical Superior of the Cayman Islands

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 Mount Clemens, Michigan
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Previous post	Diocese of Oakland (2003-2009) Titular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan (1996-2003)
Motto	ASPICIENTES IN IESUM (Eyes fixed on Jesus)

Styles of Allen Henry Vigneron

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Ordination history of Allen Henry Vigneron
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Adam Maida
Date of consecration	July 9, 1996
Bishops consecrated by Allen Henry Vigneron as principal consecrator
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

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.^[1]

Biography

Early life

The eldest of six children, Allen Vigneron was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan,^[1] to Elwin and Bernardine (née Kott) Vigneron. He is of French descent on his father's side and German on his mother's.^[2] 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.^[1] 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,^[1] removed several teachers from the seminary for having strayed from official church doctrine.^[3]

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.^[1] In California, he helped lead protests against same-sex marriage.^[4] He compared abortion and stem-cell research to slavery and racism.^[3]

Pope Benedict XVI appointed Vigneron Archbishop of Detroit on January 5, 2009, replacing longtime incumbent Cardinal Maida.^[1] Installed on January 28, 2009, Vigneron is the first metropolitan Detroit native named Archbishop of Detroit.^[1] 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.^[5]

In December 2015, following remarks from presidential candidate Donald Trump regarding restricting Muslim immigration into the United States, Vigneron wrote a letter to priests in the Archdiocese of Detroit, with a copy sent to the Imams Council of Michigan, condemning proposals to ban Muslims from entering the United States:

"While the Catholic Church refrains from weighing in for or against individual candidates for a particular political office, the Church does and should speak to the morality of this important and far-reaching issue of religious liberty. Especially as our political discourse addresses the very real concerns about the security of our country, our families, and our values, we need to remember that religious rights are a cornerstone of these values. Restricting or sacrificing these religious rights and liberties out of fear – instead of defending them and protecting them in the name of mutual respect and justice – is a rationalization which fractures the very foundation of morality on which we stand. This also threatens the foundation of religious liberty that makes it possible for us to freely practice our faith. These are not only Catholic sentiments on these issues; these, I believe, are the sentiments of all Americans."^[6]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Cardinal Maida retires; successor named". The Compass (official publication of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin). January 9, 2009. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Vigneron profile
1 2 "Archbishop-designate Vigneron aims to defend teachings, build harmony". Detroit Free Press. 2009-01-27. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
↑ SFGate: "New Oakland bishop called conservative"
↑ Interfaith Vigil held at Islamic Center of America from Press & Guide, April 21, 2011, retrieved 27 April 2015
↑ "Archbishop Vigneron on Muslim Immigration, Religious Liberty". Archdiocese of Detroit. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Adam Maida	Archbishop of Detroit 2009 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Adam Maida	Ecclesiastical Superior of the Cayman Islands 2009 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by John Stephen Cummins	Bishop of Oakland 2003–2009	Succeeded by Salvatore Cordileone

Archdiocese of Detroit

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Detroit

Bishops	Frederick Rese Caspar Borgess John Samuel Foley Michael Gallagher

Coadjutor bishop	Peter Paul Lefevere

Archbishops	Edward Aloysius Mooney John Francis Dearden Edmund Szoka Adam Maida Allen Henry Vigneron

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Shrine	National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak

Education in the Archdiocese of Detroit

Higher education	Madonna University Marygrove College University of Detroit Mercy

Seminaries	Sacred Heart Major Seminary SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary

High schools	Macomb County De La Salle Collegiate High School, Warren Regina High School, Warren Austin Catholic High School, Ray Township Monroe County St. Mary Catholic Central High School, Monroe Oakland County Academy of the Sacred Heart High School, Bloomfield Hills Bishop Foley Catholic High School, Madison Heights Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield Hills Detroit Catholic Central High School, Novi Everest Academy and High School, Independence Township Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills Mercy High School, Farmington Hills Notre Dame Preparatory, Pontiac Our Lady of the Lakes High School, Waterford Shrine Catholic High School, Royal Oak St. Mary's Preparatory, Orchard Lake Village St. Catherine of Siena Academy, Wixom St. Clair County Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, Marine City Wayne County Cabrini High School, Allen Park Detroit Cristo Rey High School, Detroit Divine Child High School, Dearborn Gabriel Richard Catholic High School, Riverview Ladywood High School, Livonia Loyola High School, Detroit University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, Detroit

Former	Higher education Duns Scotus College Maryglade College High schools Girls Catholic Central High School, Detroit Holy Redeemer High School, Detroit Notre Dame High School, Harper Woods Sacred Heart High School, Roseville Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School, Wyandotte

Clergy of the Archdiocese of Detroit

Auxiliary bishops	Moses Anderson Allen James Babcock Leonard Paul Blair Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Joseph M. Breitenbeck Kevin Michael Britt Michael J. Byrnes Arturo Cepeda Patrick R. Cooney Henry Edmund Donnelly John Anthony Donovan Daniel E. Flores Thomas Gumbleton Donald Hanchon Bernard Joseph Harrington Walter A. Hurley Joseph Leopold Imesch Edward D. Kelly Arthur Henry Krawczak Dale Joseph Melczek John Clayton Nienstedt Joseph C. Plagens John M. Quinn Francis R. Reiss Walter Joseph Schoenherr Allen Henry Vigneron Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki Alexander M. Zaleski

Priests	Alexander Joseph Brunett Solanus Casey Charles Coughlin Francis Kelley Camillus Paul Maes Jeffrey Marc Monforton William Murphy John A. Trese Kenneth Edward Untener

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