Thomas Gumbleton
Thomas Gumbleton | |
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| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit | |
Gumbleton in 1983 | |
| Church | |
| Archdiocese | Detroit |
| Appointed | March 8, 1968 |
| Installed | May 1, 1968 |
| Retired | February 2, 2006 |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Ululi (1968–2024) |
| Previous post(s) | Vicar General |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 2, 1956 by Edward Aloysius Mooney |
| Consecration | May 1, 1968 by John Francis Dearden, Alexander M. Zaleski, and Joseph M. Breitenbeck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 26, 1930 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | April 4, 2024 (aged 94) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Motto | Be doers of the Word |
| Styles of Thomas John Gumbleton | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
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Thomas John Gumbleton (January 26, 1930 – April 4, 2024) was an American Catholic prelate and a prominent social activist. Gumbleton served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 1968 to 2006. According to Gumbleton, the Vatican forced him to resign as auxiliary bishop when he publicly supported the passage of a state legislative bill in another diocese without the approval of that diocese's bishop.