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Bishops of the
Diocese of Grand Rapids
Henry
Joseph Richter (1883-1916)
Michael J. Gallagher
(1916-1918)
Coadjutor from 1915; appointed Bishop of Detroit-1918
Edward D. Kelly
(1919-1926)
Joseph G. Pinten
(1926-1940)
Joseph C. Plagens
(1941-1943)
Francis J. Haas
(1943-1953)
Allen J. Babcock
(1954-1969)
Joseph M. Breitenbeck
(1969-1989)
Robert J. Rose (1989-2003)
Kevin M. Britt
(2003-2004) Coadjutor 2002;
appointed Bishop of Grand Rapids- 2003
Walter A. Hurley
(2005-)
AUXILLIARY BISHOPS:
Joseph Schrembs (1911) That same year
became Bishop of Toledo-1921 became Bishop of Cleveland
Charles A. Salatka (1962-1968) In
1968 appointed Bishop of Marquette, Archbishop of Oklahoma
City in 1977, retired in 1992
Joseph C. McKinney (1968-retired 2000)
BISHOPS OF DETROIT-WITH JURISDICTION OVER GRAND RAPIDS
PRIOR TO 1882:
Frederic Rese (1833-1871)
Peter Paul Lefevre (1841-1869) Administrator
Caspar H. Borgess (1871-1888)
COUNTIES IN THE DIOCESE AT THE CURRENT TIME:
Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo,
Oceana, Osceola, Ottawa
HISTORICAL FACTS:
1641: Jesuits Isaac Jogues and Charles Ramoaut preached to
Chippewas; named the rapids Sault Sainte Marie.
1660: Jesuit Rene Menard opened first regular mission in Lake
Superior region.
1668: Father Marquette founded Sainte Marie Mission at Sault
Sainte Marie.
1671: Father Marquette founded St. Ignace Mission on north
shore of Straits of Mackinac.
1701 Fort Pontchatrain founded on present site of Detroit
and placed in command of Antoine de la Moine Cadillac. The
Chapel of Sainte Anne de Detroit founded.
1706: Franciscan Father Delhaile killed by Indians in Detroit.
1823: Father Gabriel Richard elected delegate to Congress
from Michigan territory; he was the first priest chosen for
the House of Representatives.
1833: Father Frederic Baraga celebrated first mass in present
Grand Rapids. Detroit diocese established, embracing whole
Northwest Territory.
1843; Western Catholic Register founded in Detroit.
1845 St. Vincent’s Hospital, Detroit opened by Sisters
of Charity.
1848: Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Detroit consecrated.
1853: Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Michigan established.
1857: Sault Ste. Marie diocese established; later referred
to as Marquette.
1877: University of Detroit founded.
1882: Grand Rapids Diocese established.
1897: Nazareth College for women founded in Kalamazoo.
1937: Detroit made Archdiocese; Lansing diocese established.
1938: Saginaw diocese established.
1946: Archbishop Edward Mooney of Detroit created cardinal
by Pope Pius XII.
1949: Opening of St. John’s Theological (major) Seminary
at Plymouth: this was the first Seminary in U.S. serving an
entire ecclesiastical province (Detroit).
1969: Archbishop John Dearden of Detroit made cardinal by
Pope Paul VI.
1971: Gaylord and Kalamazoo dioceses established.
1988: Archbishop Edmund C. Szoka of Detroit made a cardinal
by Pope John Paul II; transferred to Roman Curia in 1990.
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