WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Detroit, and has appointed Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger of Tucson, Arizona, as his successor.
Archbishop Vigneron has headed the Michigan archdiocese since 2009. He is one year past the age at which canon law requires bishops to submit their resignation to the pope. Archbishop Weisenburger, 64, has headed the Diocese of Tucson since 2017.
The resignation and appointment were publicized in Washington Feb. 11, by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
The Archdiocese of Detroit covers 3,90 square miles and has a Catholic population of about 904,110 out of a total population of 4.3 million.
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