Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes is remembered as a prayerful man who was willing to go wherever God called him, walking stride for stride with the people he was called to serve.
Whether it was preparing the Archdiocese of Detroit for Synod 16, or re-establishing trust in the Church in Agaña, Guam, following a time of great distress, Archbishop Byrnes always provided a calm, discerning, Holy Spirit-filled presence to the people around him.
“Archbishop Byrnes was just someone who, to put it simply, ‘was a priest’s priest,’ with his spiritual and Scriptural insight,” Msgr. G. Michael Bugarin of St. Joan of Arc Parish in St. Clair Shores told Detroit Catholic. “His calm demeanor in the face of challenges, the way he would listen, make a decision and move on — he was definitely a priest who knew what it meant to accompany people, which is why people loved him no matter where he went.”
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Former Detroit auxiliary bishop’s impact still felt at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, St. Joan of Arc Parish; funeral will be July 9
