About Us
The Archdiocese of Detroit encompasses six counties in southeast Michigan: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Lapeer, St. Clair, and Monroe and is home to 900,000 Catholics. With a Catholic presence dating back to 1701, the Diocese of Detroit was established in 1833 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1937.
On March 18, 2025, Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger was installed as the tenth bishop and sixth archbishop of Detroit, succeeding Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, who retired after serving as Archbishop of Detroit for 16 years.
Cathedral, Basilicas, and Seminary
Located on Woodward Avenue in Detroit's historic Boston-Edison neighborhood, the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament has served as our Cathedral since 1937.
The Archdiocese of Detroit is home to two minor basilicas:
- National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica was established in 1926 and elevated to a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2014,
- Basilica of Ste. Anne, a church built in 1886 for the Archdiocese of Detroit's first parish, established in 1701 by the first European settlers to the area, and elevated to a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2020. The parish is the second-oldest continuously-operating parish in the United States of America.
Sacred Heart Major Seminary was established in 1918 by Bishop Michael Gallagher and the present building opened in 1924. The seminary forms men for the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Detroit, several other dioceses, and two religious orders. It also offers undergraduate and graduate instruction for lay students and a licentiate in sacred theology in the New Evangelization.
Our patron saint and future saints
In 2011, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron announced that the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments decreed that St. Anne "mother of Blessed Virgin Mary, is established from time immemorial patroness before God of the Archdiocese of Detroit".
Fr. Solanus Casey, a Capuchin friar who ministered in Detroit for many years, was beatitifed on November 17, 2018. We continue to pray for his canonization.
Fr. Gabriel Richard was born in France and came to Detroit in 1798, ministering to the faithful here until his death in 1832. In 2020, a guild was formed to determine if there is sufficient evidence to recommend that an official cause for the canonization of Father Richard be opened.
