| Bishop Gumbleton Timeline |
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| 1930 |
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Born in Detroit, Michigan |
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| 1948 |
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Graduates from Sacred Heart Seminary High School |
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| 1952 |
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Bachelor of Arts degree from Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit |
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| 1956 |
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Master of Divinity St. John's Pontifical Seminary
Ordained to priesthood
Associate pastor, St. Alphonsus Dearborn |
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| 1960 |
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Named Assistant Chancellor, Archdiocese of Detroit |
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| 1964 |
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Doctor of Canon Law, Pontifical Lateran University, Rome |
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| 1965 |
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Vice-Chancellor, Archdiocese of Detroit |
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| 1967 |
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Pastor, Holy Ghost Church, Detroit |
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| 1968 |
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Named Bishop |
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| 1972 |
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Co-founds Pax Christi USA and serves as its first president |
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| 1973 |
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Pastor, St. Aloysius, Detroit
Travels to Vietnam to investigate the situation of political prisoners |
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| 1976 |
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President, Bread for the World |
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| 1979 |
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Travel to Iran as representative of NCCB to visit with American hostages |
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| 1980 |
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Co-founds Michigan Coalition for Human Rights |
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| 1983 |
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St. Leo Parish is slated to be closed, requests and receives appointment as pastor.
Participates in drafting the U.S. Bishop's pastoral letter "Challenge of Peace" |
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| 1989 |
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Travel to Vietnam as a delegate for Reconciliation for Vietnam |
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| 1991 |
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Founds and co-chairs the Catholic Caucus of Southeastern Michigan |
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| 1997 |
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Initiates U.S. Bishop's pastoral letter, "Always Our Children"
Takes first of several trips to Iraq to investigate the impact of war and sanctions on Iraqi people |
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| 1998 |
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Travels to Iraq to challenge sanctions and to deliver medical supplies to hospital |
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| 1999 |
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Arrested with other religious leaders outside the White House gate while protesting the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia |
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| 2006 |
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Testifies before the Ohio House Judiciary Committee in support of Ohio Senate Bill 17 (legislation that would have opened a one-year window for victims to file lawsuits over sexual abuse regardless of the number of intervening years.)
Retirement as Bishop mandated by Pope Benedict XVI |
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| 2007 |
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Retirement from pastoral duties at St. Leo's and change of residence mandated by Vatican over objections from parish members.
Leads delegation to El Salvador, visits Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Syria
Participates in Beatification Ceremony for Blessed Franz Jaegerstaetter in Linz, Austria. |
