{{Short description|American Catholic prelate (born 1930)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Adam Joseph Maida | honorific-suffix = | title = {{br list | [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], | [[Archdiocese of Detroit|Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit]]}} | image = CardinalAdamMaida.jpg | caption = Cardinal Maida in 2004 | church = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] | archdiocese = [[Archdiocese of Detroit|Detroit]] | appointed = April 28, 1990 | enthroned = June 12, 1990 | retired = January 5, 2009 | predecessor = [[Edmund Szoka]] | successor = [[Allen Henry Vigneron]] | other_post = [[Cardinal-Priest]] of [[Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio]] <!---------- Orders ---------->| ordination = May 26, 1956 | ordained_by = [[John Francis Dearden]] | consecration = January 25, 1984 | consecrated_by = [[Pio Laghi]], [[Aloysius John Wycisło]], and [[Vincent Leonard]] | cardinal = November 26, 1994 | created_cardinal_by = [[John Paul II]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] <!---------- Personal details ---------->| previous_post = {{indented plainlist | * Bishop of [[Diocese of Green Bay|Green Bay]] (1984{{nbnd}}1990) * [[Mission sui iuris of the Cayman Islands|Superior of Cayman Islands]] (2000{{nbnd}}2009) }} | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1930|3|18|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | profession = | education = {{indented plainlist | * [[Bachelor of Philosophy|BPh]], [[Saint Vincent College]] (1952) * [[Licentiate of Sacred Theology|STL]], [[St. Mary's Seminary and University|St. Mary's University]] (1956) * [[Licentiate of Canon Law|JCL]], [[Pontifical Lateran University]] (1960) * [[Juris Doctor|JD]], [[Duquesne University School of Law]] (1964) }} | signature = | motto = {{langnf|la|Facere omnia nova|To make all things new|break=yes}} | coat_of_arms = }}
{{Infobox cardinal styles | cardinal name = Adam Joseph Maida | image = Coat of arms of Adam Maida.svg | image_size = 200px | dipstyle = [[His Eminence]] | offstyle = Your Eminence | relstyle = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] | See = [[Archdiocese of Detroit|Detroit]] ([[Emeritus bishop|Emeritus]]) }}
'''Adam Joseph Maida''' (born March 18, 1930) is an [[Catholic Church in the United States|American Catholic]] prelate who served as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit|archbishop of Detroit]] in Michigan from 1990 to 2009, and was elevated to the [[College of Cardinals|cardinalate]] in 1994.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Cardinal Adam Maida |url=https://www.aod.org/cardinal-adam-maida |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Archdiocese of Detroit |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101142702/https://www.aod.org/cardinal-adam-maida |url-status=live }}</ref> He previously served as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay|bishop of Green Bay]] in Wisconsin from 1984 to 1990.<ref name=":1">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmaida.html |date=September 28, 2023 |access-date=2023-01-07 |encyclopedia=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]] |publisher=David M. Cheney |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101142709/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmaida.html |archivedate=2023-11-01}}</ref>
==Biography==
===Early life and education=== Maida was born on March 18, 1930, in [[East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania|East Vandergrift]], Pennsylvania, to Adam and Sophie (née Cieslak) Maida.<ref name="Rooney1999">{{cite book |author=Terrie M. Rooney |title=Newsmakers 1998: The People Behind Today's Headlines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y2MENbxoxQEC |date=April 1999 |publisher=Gale Group |isbn=978-0-7876-1230-6 |page=327}}</ref><ref name="cardinals">{{cite news |work=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church |title=MAIDA, Adam Joseph (1930- ) |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios-m.htm#Maida |last=Miranda |first=Salvador |access-date=2011-08-02 |archive-date=2013-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226230612/http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-m.htm#Maida |url-status=live }}</ref> The oldest of three children, he has two brothers, Thaddeus (who also became a [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]]) and Daniel.<ref name="obituary">{{cite news |date=2008-01-31 |work=The Michigan Catholic |title=Mrs. Sophie Maida |url=http://www.aodonline.org/NR/exeres/EFD7010A-7A36-471A-B796-0630353A4E75.htm |last=Lukowski |first=Kristin|access-date=2011-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516115732/http://www.aodonline.org/NR/exeres/EFD7010A-7A36-471A-B796-0630353A4E75.htm|archive-date=2008-05-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> His father immigrated from [[Poland]] at age 16, while his mother was the daughter of Polish immigrants.<ref name="obituary" /> He and his brothers attended [[Public school (government funded)|public school]]s in East Vandergrift since there were no local Catholic schools.<ref name="ordination">{{cite news |work=[[Archdiocese of Detroit]] |title=50th Anniversary of Ordination |url=http://detroityoungadults.com/AODOnline/Meet+the+Bishops+12188/Adam+Cardinal+Maida+2244/50th+Anniversary+of+Ordination+14354/50th+Anniversary+of+Ordination+-+Chapter+1.htm|access-date=2011-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328111743/http://detroityoungadults.com/AODOnline/Meet+the+Bishops+12188/Adam+Cardinal+Maida+2244/50th+Anniversary+of+Ordination+14354/50th+Anniversary+of+Ordination+-+Chapter+1.htm|archive-date=2012-03-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> Maida attended Vandergrift High School and Scott Township High School, each for one year.<ref name=":0" />
During his second year of high school, Maida decided to enter the priesthood. He entered [[St. Mary's Preparatory|St. Mary's Preparatory School]] in Orchard Lake Village, Michigan, graduating from there in 1948.<ref name="ordination" /> He then entered [[Saint Mary's College (Michigan)|St. Mary's College]], also in Orchard Lake Village.<ref name="vatican">{{cite news |title=MAIDA, Adam Joseph |work=[[Holy See]] |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_maida_aj_en.html |access-date=2020-03-15 |archive-date=2020-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201090112/http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_maida_aj_en.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1950, Maida transferred to [[Saint Vincent College]] in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he earned a [[Bachelor of Philosophy]] degree in 1952.<ref name="cardinals" /> He received a [[Licentiate of Sacred Theology]] from [[St. Mary's Seminary and University|St. Mary's University]] in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1956.<ref name="vatican" />
===Ordination and ministry=== On May 26, 1956, Maida was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] a priest for the [[Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh]] by then Bishop [[John Francis Dearden|John Dearden]] at the [[Cathedral of Saint Paul in Pittsburgh|Cathedral of St. Paul]] in Pittsburgh.<ref name=":1" /> After his ordination, Maida's first assignment was as assistant pastor of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in [[Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="sharpe">{{cite news |date=1983-11-08 |work=[[Pittsburgh Press]] |title=Priest here named Green Bay bishop |last=Sharpe |first=Jerry}}</ref> He later served at Holy Innocents Parish in [[Sheraden (Pittsburgh)|Sheraden, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="sharpe" />
In 1958, Bishop Dearden sent Maida to Rome to study at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]], where he earned a [[Licentiate of Canon Law]] in 1960.<ref name="cardinals" /> He received his Juris Doctor from [[Duquesne University School of Law]] in Pittsburgh in 1964; he was admitted to practice law for the [[Pennsylvania|Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]], the Federal Bar in Western Pennsylvania, and the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref name=":0" />
Maida served as vice-[[Chancellor (ecclesiastical)|chancellor]] and general counsel (1965–1983) of the diocese.<ref name="ordination" /> In 1968, he was elected president of the [[Canon Law Society of America]].<ref name="sharpe" /> He served on a papal commission to draft a due process procedure giving the laity [[Legal remedy|legal recourse]] within the church, and participated in the revision of the [[1983 Code of Canon Law|Code of Canon Law]]; for the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|National Conference of Catholic Bishops]], he worked on the adoption of a due process procedure and chaired the bishops' Canonical Affairs Committee.<ref name="ordination" />
Maida served as a member of the diocesan tribunal, assistant professor of theology at [[La Roche College]] in McCandless, Pennsylvania, and adjunct professor of law at [[Duquesne University Law School]] (1971–1983).<ref name="vatican" /> He was also chaplain of the St. Thomas More Society.<ref name="cardinals" /> {{Ordination | consecrated by = [[Pio Laghi]] ([[Apostolic Nunciature to the United States|Apos. Del.]]) | date of consecration = January 25, 1984 | bishop 1 = [[Bernard Joseph Harrington]] | consecration date 1 = January 6, 1994 | bishop 2 = [[Kevin Michael Britt]] | consecration date 2 = January 6, 1994 | bishop 3 = [[Carl Frederick Mengeling]] | consecration date 3 = January 25, 1996 | bishop 4 = [[John Clayton Nienstedt]] | consecration date 4 = July 9, 1996 | bishop 5 = [[Allen Henry Vigneron]] | consecration date 5 = July 9, 1996 | bishop 6 = [[James Albert Murray]] | consecration date 6 = January 27, 1998 | bishop 7 = [[Leonard Paul Blair]] | consecration date 7 = August 24, 1999 | bishop 8 = [[Earl Alfred Boyea Jr.]] | consecration date 8 = September 13, 2002 | bishop 9 = [[Walter Allison Hurley]] | consecration date 9 = August 12, 2003 | bishop 10 = [[Francis Ronald Reiss]] | consecration date 10 = August 12, 2003 | bishop 11 = [[John M. Quinn|John Michael Quinn]] | consecration date 11 = August 12, 2003 | bishop 12 = [[Alexander King Sample]] | consecration date 12 = January 25, 2006 | bishop 13 = [[Daniel E. Flores]] | consecration date 13 = November 29, 2006 }}
===Bishop of Green Bay=== On November 8, 1983, [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed Maida as the ninth bishop of Green Bay.<ref name=":1" /> He received his [[Bishop (Catholicism)|episcopal]] [[consecration]] on January 25, 1984, from Archbishop [[Pio Laghi]], with Bishops [[Aloysius John Wycislo|Aloysius Wycisło]] and [[Vincent Leonard]] serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]], at the [[Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay|Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier]] in Green Bay.<ref name=":1" />
During his tenure in Green Bay, Maida appointed the diocese's first female chancellor and first female parish director.<ref name="gbdioc">{{cite news |work=[[Diocese of Green Bay]] |title=Bishops of the Diocese of Green Bay |url=http://www.gbdioc.org/what-the-church-can-do-for-you/archives/bishops-of-the-diocese.html|access-date=2011-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726083251/http://www.gbdioc.org/what-the-church-can-do-for-you/archives/bishops-of-the-diocese.html|archive-date=2011-07-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also established a diocesan planning council and ministry formation program, initiated a diocesan census, implemented the [[Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults|RCIA]] process, and raised $9 million through Lumen Christi education endowment campaign.<ref name="gbdioc" />
===Archbishop of Detroit=== [[File:Cardinal Adam Maida.png|thumb|upright|The coat of arms of Cardinal Maida, as Archbishop of Detroit]] On April 28, 1990, John Paul II appointed Maida as the fourth archbishop of Detroit.<ref name="TheCompass01092009">{{cite news |date=January 9, 2009 |title=Cardinal Maida retires; successor named |publisher=The Compass – Diocese of Green Bay}}</ref> He was installed on June 12, 1990.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://multimedia.detnews.com/pix/photogalleries/newsgallery/maida_01052009/index4.htm |title=Photo Gallery, Adam Maida, shepherd of the Archdiocese of Detroit |newspaper=[[Detroit News]] |date=2009-01-22 |access-date=2009-01-22 |quote=Picture 4 caption: Cardinal Edmund Szoka and Archbishop Adam Maida face the congregation at Maida's installation as Archbishop of Detroit, June 12, 1990. }}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On November 26, 1994, John Paul II elevated Maida to the [[College of Cardinals]] as [[Cardinal-Priest]] of ''[[Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio]]''.<ref name="TheCompass01092009" /> In 2000, Maida was appointed the first superior of the [[Mission sui iuris of the Cayman Islands|Mission ''sui iuris'' of the Cayman Islands]].
In April 2005, following the death of John Paul II, Maida traveled to the Vatican as a [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005|cardinal elector]] to participate in the [[Papal conclave, 2005|conclave]] that selected [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. Maida is no longer eligible to vote in any future conclaves as he reached his 80th birthday. On March 18, 2005, Maida sent his letter of resignation to Pope Benedict XVI, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.<ref name="TheCompass01092009" /> The Vatican asked Maida to remain archbishop until further notice.<ref name="TheCompass01092009" /> On June 8, 2006, Maida celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Krupa |first1=Gregg |date=June 9, 2006 |title=Cardinal Maida Counts His Blessings |newspaper=The Detroit News}}</ref>
In January 2007, Maida relieved Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus [[Thomas Gumbleton]] of his pastoral duties at St. Leo Parish in Detroit. Gumbleton claimed he was being punished by Maida for his outspoken views on sexual abuse crimes by clergy. Maida claimed that he was following church rules on retirement of bishops.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodstein |first=Laurie |date=2007-01-26 |title=Outspoken Catholic Pastor Replaced; He Says It's Retaliation |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/us/26bishop.html |access-date=2021-12-15 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215201153/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/us/26bishop.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Retirement=== On January 5, 2009, the Vatican announced acceptance of Maida's resignation and the appointment of Bishop [[Allen Henry Vigneron|Allen Vigneron]], from the [[Bishop of Oakland|Diocese of Oakland]], as his successor. Vigneron was installed on January 28, 2009, at the [[Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament]] in Detroit<ref>{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Wilkinson |title=Maida's successor will be first native son to lead Archdiocese of Detroit |url=http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090105/LIFESTYLE04/901050390 |newspaper=Detroit News|access-date=5 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-05 |title=Detroit Gets New Archbishop |url=http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/18411549/detail.html#- |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609045209/http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/18411549/detail.html#- |archive-date=2011-06-09 |access-date=2009-01-06 |publisher=WDIV |quote=}}</ref> Maida became [[apostolic administrator]] of Detroit and assisted Vigneron with the transition.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yonke |first=David |title=Archbishop appointed to Detroit diocese |newspaper=Toledo Blade |date=January 6, 2009 |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Religion/2009/01/06/Archbishop-appointed-to-Detroit-diocese.html |access-date=December 20, 2012 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305140530/http://www.toledoblade.com/Religion/2009/01/06/Archbishop-appointed-to-Detroit-diocese.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Maida celebrated his final mass at the cathedral on January 25, 2009. This was also held in celebration of the 25th anniversary of his consecration as a bishop.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090126/LIFESTYLE04/901260373 |title=More than 1,000 attend final Mass for archbishop Maida |newspaper=[[Detroit News]] |author=Jim Lynch |date=2009-01-26 |access-date=2009-01-26 |quote=On Sunday (January 25, 2009), with Maida celebrating his final regular Mass as the archbishop of Detroit, Butkunas and Giedraitis traveled to Detroit for a special 3 p.m. service at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament. ... More than 1,000 people crammed Blessed Sacrament Sunday for a service that marked the 25-year anniversary of Maida's ordination.}}</ref>
==See also== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Catholic Church hierarchy]] * [[Catholic Church in the United States]] * [[Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States]] * [[List of Catholic bishops of the United States]] * [[Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops]] {{div col end}} <!-- please keep entries in alphabetical order -->
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{commons category}} * {{cite web| access-date = 6 November 2017 |title=Maida Card. Adam Joseph |publisher=[[Holy See Press Office]] |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_maida_aj.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904070528/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_maida_aj.html |ref=none}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050416123023/http://www.aodonline.org/aodonline-sqlimages/AuxillaryBishops/Maida/MaidaBio.pdf Biography from the Archdiocese of Detroit (in PDF format)] *[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios-m.htm#Maida Cardinal Adam Maida, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] *[http://www.aod.org/ Archdiocese of Detroit]
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