Moses Bosco Anderson, SSE (September 9, 1928 – January 1, 2013) was a bishop in the

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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

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, and graduated from Knox Academy there in the year 1949. He was a member of the Society of St. Edmund. Anderson then attended

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in Winooski,

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, where he majored in philosophy attaining a B.A. and graduating

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. From there he moved on to Saint Edmund's Seminary in Burlington, Vermont. He earned an

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in Sociology at St. Michael's College in 1961. He also earned an M.A. in Theology at

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in 1968. Anderson was ordained priest on May 30, 1958. He was appointed

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of the

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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

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which includes

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, Highland Park, Hamtramck,

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and Harper Woods making ten

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s. He retired in the year 2003 upon reaching the age of 75.

Death

He had died on January 1, 2013, in

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, from cardiac arrest.Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Moses B. Anderson, SSE, has died
, Archdiocese of Detroit, Jan 2, 2013

References

External links

Saint Edmund's Seminary, Burlington, Vermont
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