Archbishop of Detroit
Msgr. Edward J. Weisenburger was born on 23 December 1960 in Alton, in the diocese of Springfield, Illinois. After attending Edison Elementary School and Eisenhower High School in Lawton, Oklahoma, he studied Philosophy at the Conception Seminary College in Conception, Missouri, and Theology at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Later, he obtained a licentiate in canon law from the Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Canada. He was ordained a priest on 19 December 1987 for the archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Since priestly ordination, he has held the following offices: parish vicar of Saint Mary Parish in Ponca City (1987-1990) and of the Saint Peter Parish in Woodward (1990); deputy chancellor and official of the archdiocesan tribunal (1992-1996); parish priest of the Holy Trinity Parish in Okarche (1995-2002); vicar general (1996-2012) and rector of the Cathedral of “Our Lady of Perpetual Help” (2002-2012). He was also a member of the college of consultors and the presbyteral council. In 2009 he was named Prelate of Honour of His Holiness. He was appointed as bishop of Salina, Kansas, on 6 February 2012, and received episcopal consecration the following 1 May. In addition to English, he knows Spanish. Message from the Cardinal Secretary of State, on behalf of the Holy Father, to the participants in the 24th World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1-7 October 2017) Holy See Intervention in the Sixth Edition of the International Congress on climate change and fishing organised by the Conxemar and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) (Vigo, Spain, 3-5 October 2017).