Moses Anderson

Moses Bosco Anderson SSE (September 9, 1928 – January 1, 2013) was an American prelate in the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 1982 to 2003. He was a member of the Society of St. Edmund (Edmundites)

Biography

Early life Moses Anderson was born on September 9, 1928, in Selma, Alabama, to Henry and Nancy King Anderson. Raised a Baptist, Anderson attended a Presbyterian primary school in Selma. He then continued his education at Knox Academy, a Reformed Presbyterian high school for African-Americans. While, he started secretly receiving instruction on Catholicism. In 1949, the year of his graduation, Anderson received his first communion.

Deciding to become a priest, Anderson joined the Edmundites and started attending classes at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. The Edmundites then sent him to Saint Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont, where graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. Anderson continued his studies at Saint Edmund's Seminary in Burlington, Vermont.