Bishop Frederick John Conrad Rese

Born: Feb. 6, 1791, Vienenberg, Germany
Ordained a priest: March 15, 1823
Appointed first bishop of Detroit: Feb. 25, 1833
Ordained and installed: Oct. 6, 1833
Resigned: Aug. 19, 1840
Died: Dec. 30, 1871

Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere

Born: April 30, 1804, Roulers, Belgium
Ordained a priest: Nov. 30, 1831
Appointed coadjutor bishop of Detroit: July 23, 1841
Ordained as the second bishop of Detroit: Nov. 21, 1841
Died: March 4, 1869

Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess

Born: Aug. 1, 1826, Addrup, Germany
Ordained a priest: Dec. 8, 1848
Appointed coadjutor bishop of Detroit: Feb. 14, 1870
Ordained as bishop: April 24, 1870
Succeeded as third bishop of Detroit: Dec. 30, 1871
Resigned: April 16, 1887
Died: May 3, 1890

Bishop John Samuel Foley

Born: Nov. 5, 1833, Baltimore, Md.
Ordained a priest: Dec. 20, 1856
Appointed fourth bishop of Detroit: Feb. 11, 1888
Ordained a bishop: Nov. 4, 1888
Died: Jan. 5, 1918

Bishop Michael James Gallagher

Born: Nov. 16, 1866, Auburn, Mich.
Ordained a priest: March 19, 1893
Appointed coadjutor bishop of Grand Rapids: July 5, 1915
Ordained a bishop: Sept. 8, 1915
Succeeded as Grand Rapids bishop: Dec. 26, 1915
Appointed fifth bishop of Detroit: July 18, 1918
Installed fifth bishop of Detroit: Nov. 18, 1918
Died: Jan. 20, 1937

Cardinal Edward Aloysius Mooney

Born: May 9, 1882, Mount Savage, Md.
Ordained a priest: April 10, 1909
Appointed sixth ordinary and first archbishop of Detroit: May 31, 1937
Installed as archbishop: Aug. 2, 1937
Elevated to cardinal: Feb. 18, 1946
Died: Oct. 25, 1958, Rome

Cardinal John Francis Dearden

Born: Oct. 15, 1907, Valley Falls, R.I.
Ordained a priest: Dec. 8, 1932
Appointed seventh ordinary and second archbishop of Detroit: Dec. 18, 1958
Installed as archbishop: Jan. 29, 1959
Elevated to cardinal: April 28, 1969
Resigned: July 15, 1980
Died: Aug. 1, 1988

Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka

Born: Sept. 14, 1927, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Ordained a priest: June 5, 1954
Appointed eighth ordinary and third archbishop of Detroit: March 28, 1981
Installed as archbishop: May 17, 1981
Elevated to cardinal: June 28, 1988
Appointed President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See: April 28, 1990
Appointed President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State: 1997
Appointed President of Vatican City State: Feb. 22, 2001
Resigned: Sept. 14, 2007

Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida

Born: March 18, 1930, East Vandergrift, Pa.
Ordained a priest: May 26, 1956
Appointed bishop of Green Bay: Nov. 8, 1983
Ordained and installed: Jan. 25, 1984
Appointed ninth ordinary and fourth archbishop of Detroit: April 28, 1990
Installed as archbishop of Detroit: June 12, 1990
Elevated to cardinal: Nov. 26, 1994
Resignation accepted: Jan. 3, 2009

Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron

Born: Oct. 21, 1948, Mount Clemens, Mich.
Ordained a priest: July 26, 1975 in Detroit
Appointed auxiliary bishop of Detroit: June 12, 1996
Ordained a bishop: July 9, 1996
Appointed coadjutor bishop of Oakland, Calif.: Jan. 10, 2003
Succeeded as bishop of Oakland: Oct. 1, 2003
Appointed archbishop of Detroit: Jan. 3, 2009
Installed archbishop of Detroit: Jan. 28, 2009