His Excellency, The Most Reverend

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
Xavier University

Moses Bosco Anderson, SSE (September 9, 1928 – January 1, 2013) was a bishop in the Catholic Church who served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit from 1982 to 2003. He was a member of the Edmundite Order.

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. 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. 1 2 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, Archdiocese of Detroit, October 24, 2003
  3. ↑ "Vigneron on Bp Anderson | Archdiocese of Detroit". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  4. ↑ "Vigneron on Bp Anderson | Archdiocese of Detroit". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  5. ↑ "Cardinal Edmund C Szoka | Archdiocese of Detroit". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  6. ↑ "Bishop Dale J Melczek | Archdiocese of Detroit". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
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