Moses Bosco Anderson

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Moses Bosco Anderson SSE (born September 9, 1928 in Selma , Alabama , † January 1, 2013 in Livonia , Michigan ) was auxiliary bishop in Detroit . He was particularly involved in the theology of blacks (Black Theology), art and evangelism.

Life

Moses Bosco Anderson, the oldest of five sons from a Baptist family, attended Knox Academy High School in Selma . In 1949 he converted to Roman Catholic and attended St. Michael's College in Winooski , Vermont , from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts ; his focus was philosophy and he graduated with Magna cum laude from this subject . He then attended St. Edmund's Catholic Seminary in Vermont. Moses Anderson joined the Congregation of Edmunditen at and received on 30 May 1958, the priestly ordination . In 1961 he earned a master's degree in sociology . In 1968 he received his Masters in Catholic Theology from the Xavier University of Cincinnati .

Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Detroit and titular bishop of Vatarba on December 3, 1982 . The Archbishop of Detroit Edmund Casimir Szoka donated him episcopal ordination on January 27, 1983 ; Co-consecrators were Harold Robert Perry SVD , Auxiliary Bishop in New Orleans and Arthur Henry Krawczak , Auxiliary Bishop in Detroit. He was the first colored bishop in the Archdiocese of Detroit.

In 1990 he was named Nana Kwasi Amoateng I as the tribal chief of the Ashanti people in recognition of his longstanding commitment in Ghana .

Since 1992 he has served as a pastor for the Precious Blood Ward in Detroit; from 1994 until his retirement he headed Region 1 (Detroit, Highland Park, Hamtramck, Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods) of the National Black Catholic Congress .

On October 24, 2003, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Moses B. Anderson, SSE, has died
  2. ↑ a b c d e Archived copy ( Memento from May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Anderson, Moses Bosco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American religious, Roman Catholic bishop
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Selma , Alabama
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2013
Place of death Livonia , Michigan