Allen Henry Vigneron

Styles of Allen Henry Vigneron


Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Allen Henry Vigneron (born October 21, 1948 in Mount Clemens, Michigan) is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He is the current Bishop of Oakland in California.

Vigneron was ordained to the presbyterium and served as priest in Detroit. On June 12, 1996, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, ordained to the episcopate on July 9, 1996. He was also named the Titular Bishop of the Titular see of Sault Sainte Marie. During his tenure as an auxiliary of the Archdiocese, Vigneron served as Rector/President of Sacred Heart Major Seminary. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees at The Catholic University of America.

On January 10, 2003, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Oakland by Pope John Paul II. He was installed the following February 26, and with the retirement of John Stephen Cummins on October 1 of that year, he succeeded him as Bishop of Oakland.