Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida

Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

Motto: Facere Omnia Nova

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Mar 1930		Born
26 May 1956	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Nov 1983	53.6	Appointed	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
25 Jan 1984	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
28 Apr 1990	60.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
12 Jun 1990	60.2	Installed	Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
26 Nov 1994	64.6	Elevated to Cardinal
26 Nov 1994	64.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio
14 Jul 2000	70.3	Appointed	Superior of Cayman Islands, Antilles
5 Jan 2009	78.7	Retired	Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
5 Jan 2009	78.7	Retired	Superior of Cayman Islands, Antilles

MicroData Summary
Adam Joseph Maida
Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida
(born 18 Mar 1930)
Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit

Consistory - 1994: Created Cardinal
Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place East Vandergrift, PA, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Green Bay, Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Detroit.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Francis Dearden †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pio Laghi †
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo †
Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Bishop Vincent Martin Leonard †
Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Frank Joseph Dewane (1988)
Bishop Robert Joseph Fisher (1992)
Bishop Jeffrey Marc Monforton (1994)
Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes † (1996)
Bishop Gerard William Battersby (1998)
Bishop Robert John McClory (1999)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernard Joseph Harrington † (1994)
Bishop Kevin Michael Britt † (1994)
Bishop Carl Frederick Mengeling † (1996)
Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt (1996)
Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron (1996)
Bishop James Albert Murray † (1998)
Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair (1999)
Bishop Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. (2002)
Bishop Walter Allison Hurley (2003)
Bishop Francis Ronald Reiss (2003)
Bishop John Michael Quinn (2003)
Archbishop Alexander King Sample (2006)
Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores (2006)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alexander Joseph Brunett † (1994)
Bishop Jeffrey Marc Monforton (2012)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 72725161
WikiData: Q349912

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 5 Jan 2009
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 197, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 83, Number 6,871

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