Archbishop Weisenburger’s installation Mass to be full of symbolism, meaning
Rites, music and representation at March 18 Mass will reflect Church’s understanding of the deep significance of episcopal changes
DETROIT — The installation of a new archbishop is a celebration unlike any other for an archdiocese.
On March 18, starting at 2 p.m., Archbishop-designate Edward J. Weisenburger will be formally installed as the 10th ordinary and sixth archbishop of Detroit at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
In a liturgy rich with symbolism and tradition, ceremony and prayer, the Church of the Archdiocese of Detroit will formally receive Archbishop Weisenburger, who will thereafter become the new chief shepherd for southeast Michigan’s 900,000 Catholics.
Because Archbishop-designate Weisenburger is already a bishop — he’s served as bishop of Tucson, Arizona, since 2017, and of Salina, Kansas, from 2012-17 — he won’t be “ordained,” but installed in his new episcopal see.
That will happen when Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the papal ambassador to the United States, formally proclaims the apostolic decree signed by Pope Francis, and Archbishop Weisenburger takes his seat for the first time on his cathedra (the bishop’s chair).
