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Michael Gallagher (bishop)
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Auburn, Michigan
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, Michigan
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– January 20, 1937) was the Roman Catholic bishop
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of the Diocese of Detroit
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from 1918 to 1937. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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on March 19, 1893. On July 5, 1915, he was appointed titular archbishop of Tipasa in Mauritania
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. On December 26, 1916, he was appointed bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan. On July 18, 1918, Gallagher was appointed bishop of Detroit, where he served until his death in 1937.
The Fisher Brothers of the firm Fisher Body
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in Detroit commissioned the Boston firm of McGinnis and Walsh, specialists in ecclesiastical architecture, to design a residence for Bishop Gallagher. Upon completion, the Fishers gave the mansion to Bishop Michael Gallagher, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church covering the Michigan counties of Lapeer, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne...
, the 39000 square feet (3,623.2 m²) home is the largest within the city of Detroit.
The two-story brick residence, a large central structure flanked by diagonal wings. Religious themes are included throughout the house, both on the exterior and the interior. On the exterior, medallions, shields and crests are set into the brickwork, and a copper statue of the archangel St. Michael
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defeating Satan is prominent. The interior is finished with oak, stone and masonry. The house had, at one time, the largest collection of Pewabic glazed pottery tile
Pewabic Pottery
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in Michigan.
Bishop Gallagher lived in this home until his death in 1937, subsequent archbishops of Detroit Edward Mooney and John Francis Dearden also lived in the home.
See also
- Archdiocese of Detroit
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