Moses Anderson
{{Short description|Roman Catholic prelate}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Moses B. Anderson
| honorific-suffix =
| title = Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
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| church = Roman Catholic
| archdiocese = Detroit
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| term_start = December 2, 1982
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| term_end = October 24, 2003
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| other_post = Titular Bishop of Vatarba
Pastor of Precious Blood Parish, Detroit (1992-2001)
| ordination = May 30, 1958
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| consecration = January 27, 1983
| consecrated_by = Edmund Szoka, Harold Robert Perry, and Arthur Henry Krawczak
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|09|09}}
| birth_place = Selma, Alabama, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|01|01|1928|09|09}}
| death_place = Livonia, Michigan, U.S.
| alma_mater = Saint Michael's College{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
Xavier University
| honorific_prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend
| honorific_suffix = SSE
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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.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} 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.[http://www.archdioceseofdetroit.org/aodonline-sqlimages/AuxillaryBishops/Anderson/AndersonRetires.pdf Bishop Moses Anderson Retires as Detroit Auxiliary Bishop]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Archdiocese of Detroit, October 24, 2003
=Death=
He had died on January 1, 2013, in Livonia, Michigan, from cardiac arrest.[http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/news-releases/2013/january/bishop-moses-b-anderson-sse-has-died/ Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Moses B. Anderson, SSE, has died] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129134856/http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/news-releases/2013/january/bishop-moses-b-anderson-sse-has-died/ |date=2018-11-29 }}, Archdiocese of Detroit, Jan 2, 2013{{Cite web |url=http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/statements/2013/january/vigneron-on-bp-anderson/ |title=Vigneron on Bp Anderson | Archdiocese of Detroit |access-date=2013-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030325/http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/statements/2013/january/vigneron-on-bp-anderson/ |archive-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/statements/2013/january/maida-on-bp-anderson/ |title=Vigneron on Bp Anderson | Archdiocese of Detroit |access-date=2013-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030742/http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/statements/2013/january/maida-on-bp-anderson/ |archive-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/statements/2013/january/cardinal-edmund-c-szoka/ |title=Cardinal Edmund C Szoka | Archdiocese of Detroit |access-date=2013-01-30 |archive-date=2013-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111110522/http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/statements/2013/january/cardinal-edmund-c-szoka/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/statements/2013/january/bishop-dale-j-melczek/ |title=Bishop Dale J Melczek | Archdiocese of Detroit |access-date=2013-01-30 |archive-date=2015-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626192737/http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/statements/2013/january/bishop-dale-j-melczek/ |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/banderson.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
- [http://www.sse.org/ Saint Edmund's Seminary, Burlington, Vermont]
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