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ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Most Reverend Moses B. Anderson, SSE (Retired)
Auxillary Bishop of Detroit
Bishop Moses B. Anderson, SSE, is a member of the Society of St. Edmund. He was born in Selma, Alabama on September 9, 1928. Bishop Anderson graduated from Knox Academy High School, Selma in 1949.
Bishop Anderson is a graduate of St. Michael's College, Winooski, Vermont where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude, with a major in Philosophy. He next attended St. Edmund Seminary in Burlington, Vermont. He earned a Master of Science in Sociology at St. Michael's College in 1961. And in 1968, he earned an Master of Arts in Theology at Xavier University.
Bishop Anderson was ordained a priest on May 30, 1958. Bishop's special interest within the Church has been Black Theology, Art, and Evangelization. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit on December 3, 1982, and consecrated in Blessed Sacrament Cathedral on January 27, 1983.
Bishop Anderson was appointed on January 10, 1994 to serve Region 1, which includes the cities of Detroit, Highland Park, Hamtramck, Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods. Region 1 is made up of ten vicariates.
On January 18, 1992, he was appointed Pastor of Precious Blood Parish in Detroit, in addition to his present responsibilities as Auxiliary Bishop of Region 1.
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