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Thomas Gumbleton
Thomas Gumbleton, American Roman Catholic prelate (born 1930)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2024 · April 4
Their story
Who they were
Biography Early life Born in Detroit, Michigan , on January 26, 1930, [ 1 ] Thomas Gumbleton attended Sacred Heart Seminary High School in that city. He then studied at St. John's Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, Michigan, and also the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1952, a Master of Divinity in 1956, and a Doctor of Canon Law in 1964. [ 2 ] On June 2, 1956,
Thomas John Gumbleton 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.
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