Moses Anderson

Moses B. Anderson

SSE
Moses B. Anderson; SSE
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
Church	Roman Catholic
Archdiocese	Detroit
Installed	December 2, 1982
Term ended	October 24, 2003
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Vatarba; Pastor of Precious Blood Parish, Detroit (1992-2001)
Orders
Ordination	May 30, 1958
Consecration	January 27, 1983; by Edmund Szoka, Harold Robert Perry, and Arthur Henry Krawczak
Personal details
Born	September 9, 1928; Selma, Alabama, U.S.
Died	January 1, 2013 (aged 84); Livonia, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Saint Michael's College; Xavier University

Bishop Moses Bosco Anderson, SSE (September 9, 1928 – January 1, 2013) was a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.

He was born on September 9, 1928 in Selma, Alabama, and graduated from Knox Academy there in 1949. He was a member of the Society of St. Edmund. Anderson then attended Saint Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont, where he majored in philosophy attaining a B.A. and graduating magna cum laude. From there he moved on to Saint Edmund's Seminary, Burlington, Vermont.

He earned an M.S. in Sociology at St. Michael's College in 1961. He also earned an M.A. in Theology at Xavier University in 1968.

Anderson was ordained priest on May 30, 1958. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit 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 archdiocese which includes Detroit, Highland Park, Hamtramck, Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods making ten vicariates. He retired in 2003 upon reaching the age of 75.^[1]