Titular Episcopal See of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Titular Episcopal See

Name: Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan (English) / Marianopolitan(us) in Michigania (Latin)

Location: Michigan, m. Detroit, USA

History

1853.07.29: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Michigan (from Diocese of Detroit)
1857.01.09: Promoted as Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie / Marianopolitan(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Cincinnati)
1865.10.23: Renamed as Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette
1875.02.12: Became suffragan of Milwaukee
1937.01.03: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Marquette)
1995: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Sault Sainte Marie / Marianopolitan(us) in Michigania (Latin)
1996: Renamed as Titular Episcopal See of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan (English) / Marianopolitan(us) in Michigania (Latin)

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop (2003.01.24 – ...):

Bishop Francis Joseph Kane (83)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chicago (USA)

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens
(1935.11.16 – 1937.01.03)

Born:	1880.01.29 (Czeszewo, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1903.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.09.30
Died:	1943.03.31 (Grand Rapids, MI, USA † 63)

Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis (1924.05.22 – 1935.11.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (1924.05.22 – 1935.11.16)

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA) (1935.11.16 – 1937.01.03)

Bishop of Marquette (USA) (1937.01.03 – 1940.12.16)

Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA) (1940.12.16 – 1943.03.31)

Bishop Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P.
(1922.11.14 – 1935.06.24)

Born:	1870.09.07 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1894.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.05.20
Died:	1935.06.24 († 64)

Bishop of Corpus Christi (USA) (1913.04.04 – 1920.03.26)

Titular Bishop of Gerasa (1920.03.26 – 1922.11.14)

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA) (1922.11.14 – 1935.06.24)

Bishop Frederick Eis
(1899.06.07 – 1922.07.08)

Born:	1843.01.20 (Arbach, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1870.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1899.08.24
Died:	1926.05.05 (Marquette, MI, USA † 83)

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA) (1899.06.07 – 1922.07.08)

Titular Bishop of Bida (1922.07.08 – 1926.05.05)

Bishop John Vertin
(1879.05.16 – 1899.02.26)

Born:	1844.07.17 (Doblice Parice, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1866.08.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.09.14
Died:	1899.02.26 († 54)

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA) (1879.05.16 – 1899.02.26)

Bishop Ignatius Mrak
(1868.09.25 – 1879.04.28)

Born:	1810.10.17 (Polland, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1837.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1869.02.07
Died:	1901.01.02 (Eagletown, MI, USA † 90)

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA) (1868.09.25 – 1879.04.28)

Titular Bishop of Antinœ (1881.04.26 – 1901.01.02)

Bishop Ireneus Frederic Baraga
(1865.10.23 – 1868.01.19)

Unum est necessarium

Born:	1797.06.29 (Château, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1823.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.11.01
Died:	1868.01.19 (Marquette, MI, USA † 70)

Titular Bishop of Amyzon (1853.07.29 – 1857.01.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Upper Michigan (USA) (1853.07.29 – 1857.01.09)

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie (USA) (1857.01.09 – 1865.10.23)

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (USA) (1865.10.23 – 1868.01.19)

Bishops of Sault Sainte Marie (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ireneus Frederic Baraga
(1857.01.09 – 1865.10.23)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Upper Michigan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ireneus Frederic Baraga
(1853.07.29 – 1857.01.09)

(see above)

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Allen Henry Vigneron (77) (later Archbishop) (1996.06.12 – 2003.01.10)