Detroit Archbishop Adam J. Maida

The Archdiocese of Detroit is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church covering the south-east portion of Michigan in the United States. It consists counties of Lapeer, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne counties. It is the metropolitan archdiocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Detroit, which includes all the dioceses in the state of Michigan. It was erected on March 8, 1833, and elevated to an archdiocese on May 22, 1937. The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament has served as the mother church since 1938. The Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit is the second oldest continuously operating Catholic parish in the United States, dating to 1701. In 2000, the archdiocese accepted pastoral responsibility for the Catholic Church in the Cayman Islands.

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Instead of conceiving of society as something established for the defense of individual rights, fair contracts, and due process of law, we are invited to see it in terms of the biblical vision. This way of living, thinking, and acting where autonomy and related rights take priority has seriously jeopardized the meaning and values of all institutions in our society.