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	Pope Names New Detroit Archbishop Associated Press January 5, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5grfUv7C6RwyFMt-56AXv3c6rchJQD95H0I100 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has named a new archbishop for Detroit, Michigan, and made appointments for top Church posts in Canada and California. The Vatican said Monday that Bishop Allen H. Vigneron will replace Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida at the head of the Detroit archdiocese. Vigneron, who was born in Michigan, has been Bishop of Oakland, California, since 2003. The Vatican said Maida had resigned after reaching the 75-year-old age limit dictated by canon law. The pope also named the auxiliary bishop of Halifax, Claude Champagne, as the new bishop of Edmundston in Canada. Benedict appointed the Rev. Cirilo Flores as new auxiliary bishop of Orange, California. He also accepted the resignation of the bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, John Jeremiah McRaith.
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