Pope Francis made the appointment of Weisenburger, most recently bishop of Diocese of Tucson, after officially accepting the resignation of Allen Vigneron as archbishop in Detroit. The resignation and appointment were announced Tuesday in Washington, by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

Pope Francis has named a new head of the Archdiocese of Detroit, a bishop from Arizona who was introduced to the community Tuesday at a Sacred Heart Major Seminary news conference and joked about the contrast in the weather.

Pope Francis appointed Wednesday morning a new leader of the Catholic Church in metro Detroit, naming Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger of Tucson, Arizona, as the next archbishop of Detroit, replacing Allen Vigneron.