Archdiocese of Detroit
Detroiten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Detroit, Michigan, United States
The Archdiocese of Detroit is the metropolitan see for the State of Michigan, erected as a diocese in 1833 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1937. Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger was installed in February 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 March 1833
- Latin
- Detroiten(sis)
- Patron
- St. Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001293
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 907,605
- Population
- 4,300,592
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 21.1%
- Priests
- 608
- Catholics per priest
- 1,493
- Extent
- 3,901 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 233
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Edward J. Weisenburger
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament stands in Detroit, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Detroit
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GaylordGaylord
- Diocese of Grand RapidsGrand Rapids
- Diocese of KalamazooKalamazoo
- Diocese of LansingLansing
- Diocese of MarquetteMarquette
- Diocese of SaginawSaginaw
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1833 and raised to archiepiscopal rank in 1937, the Archdiocese of Detroit (Latin: Archidiœcesis Detroitensis) covers the south-east portion of Michigan in the United States and serves as the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Detroit, which takes in every diocese in the state. The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament is its mother church, and the Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit, dating to 1701, is the second oldest continuously operating Catholic parish in the United States.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.