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Thomas Gumbleton was born on 26 January, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, is a Roman Catholic bishop and activist. Discover Thomas Gumbleton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 94 years old?

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Born 26 January, 1930
Birthday 26 January
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan
Nationality United States

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1930

Thomas John Gumbleton (born January 26, 1930) is an American social activist and retired prelate of the Catholic Church.

Born in Detroit, Michigan on January 26, 1930, Thomas Gumbleton attended Sacred Heart Seminary High School in that city.

He then studied at St. John's Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, Michigan, and also the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.

1952

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1952, a Master of Divinity in 1956, and a Doctor of Canon Law in 1964.

1956

On June 2, 1956, Gumbleton was ordained to the priesthood in Rome by Cardinal Edward Mooney for the Archdiocese of Detroit.

1968

Gumbleton served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 1968 to 2006.

According to Gumbleton, the Vatican forced him to resign as auxiliary bishop when he publicly supported passage of a state legislative bill in another diocese without the approval of that diocese's bishop.

In 1968, Gumbleton was appointed as vicar general for the archdiocese.

On March 4, 1968, Pope Paul VI appointed Gumbleton as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit and titular bishop of Ululi.

He was consecrated on May 1, 1968, by Archbishop John Dearden.

1972

During the 1972 Presidential election, Gumbleton endorsed Senator George McGovern for president due to his opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War and liberal economic policies.

When asked about McGovern's stance on abortion rights Gumbleton responded that McGovern "would not aid or support the current efforts to liberalize the abortion laws."

1980

In December 1980, Gumbleton founded the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights with former Episcopal Bishop Harry McGehee, Jr. and Rabbi Richard Hertz.

Gumbleton's Sunday homilies from St Leo's parish were documented by the National Catholic Reporter, where he also wrote a regular column.

1987

On May 6, 1987, Gumbleton was one of eight protestors arrested at the US Department of Energy Nevada Test Site in Mercury, Nevada.

The arrestees were protesting the testing of nuclear weapons there.

1999

On June 4, 1999, Gumbleton was among 26 protestors arrested for blocking an entrance to the White House in Washington, D.C. They were protesting the NATO bombing campaign in Serbia during the Kosovo War.

2003

On March 27, 2003, Gumbleton was arrested along with other protestors for violating a ban on large demonstrations in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. The protest was about the US invasion of Iraq on March 19.

2005

Gumbleton had been required under church law to submit his resignation when he turned 75 in 2005.

At that time, he had petitioned to remain in office.

2006

On January 11, 2006, Gumbleton testified at a hearing at the Ohio General Assembly in Columbus, Ohio, about sexual abuse in the Catholic church.

The Assembly was considering a bill to create a legal window for victims of sexual abuse to sue the perpetrators.

In his statement, Gumbleton endorsed the bill and called for all states to enact bills like this one.

He also revealed that he was sexually abused by a priest as an adolescent while in the seminary.

On February 6, 2006, Gumbleton submitted his letter of resignation as auxiliary bishop of Detroit to Pope Benedict XVI.

2007

Gumbleton served as the pastor to a number of parishes, including St. Aloysius, Holy Ghost and St. Leo's in Detroit, until 2007.

Gumbleton also came into the public eye before the Vatican's Instruction with regard to the ordination of gay men was released, arguing against a ban in a 2007 issue of America.

2009

In 2009, the Marquette Citizens for Peace and Justice invited Gumbleton to speak about peace at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Marquette, Michigan.

However, when Bishop Alexander Sample of the Diocese of Marquette heard about the invitation, he asked Gumbleton not to come.

Sample said that Gumbleton had not done the courtesy of asking permission from Sample, and Sample did not agree with Gumbleton's views on the ordination of women and LBGTQ+ rights.

Gumbleton has written extensively on Catholic teaching regarding homosexuality.

Gumbleton often draws from his personal experience of having a gay brother.

During his time as auxiliary bishop of Detroit, Gumbleton wore a mitre at a church service that displayed symbols of the cross, a rainbow and a pink triangle.

The pink triangle caused particular complaints by some due to its use to identify gay men in Nazi concentration camps.

2011

He stated; "'I don't want to exaggerate that I was terribly damaged. It was not the kind of sexual abuse that many of the victims experience. They are intimidated, embarrassed, and they just bury it. I understand that ... never told my parents.... I never told anybody."According to an account given by Gumbleton in 2011, the bishops of Ohio opposed the proposed sexual abuse bill and were incensed by his testimony.

They immediately complained to the Vatican about him.

A few days later, Gumbleton received a letter from Cardinal Giovanni Re in Rome, saying that Gumbleton had violated the solidarity of communio episcoporum (communion of bishops) by testifying for the bill in Ohio without the permission of the local bishop.

Re ordered Gumbleton to resign immediately as auxiliary bishop and as pastor of St. Leo's Parish.

2012

In 2012, Gumbleton signed the Catholic Scholars' Jubilee Declaration on the reform of authority in the Catholic Church.

2020

On January 14, 2020, he declared that Catholics should not participate in US wars.