His Eminence Adam Joseph Maida |
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Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit |
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![]() Cardinal Maida (left) outside the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament
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Archdiocese | Detroit |
Appointed | April 28, 1990 |
Installed | June 12, 1990 |
Term ended | January 5, 2009 |
Predecessor | Edmund Szoka |
Successor | Allen Henry Vigneron |
Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio |
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Ordination | May 26, 1956 by John Francis Dearden |
Consecration | January 25, 1984 by Pio Laghi, Aloysius John Wycislo, and Vincent Leonard |
Created Cardinal | November 26, 1994 by John Paul II |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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Born |
East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania |
March 18, 1930
Previous post |
Bishop of Green Bay (1984–90) Superior of Cayman Islands (2000–09) |
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Styles of Adam Joseph Maida |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Detroit (Emeritus) |
Ordination history of Adam Maida | |
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Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Pio Laghi (Apos. Del.) |
Date of consecration | January 25, 1984 |
Bishops consecrated by Adam Maida as principal consecrator
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Bernard Joseph Harrington | January 6, 1994 |
Kevin Michael Britt | January 6, 1994 |
Carl Frederick Mengeling | January 25, 1996 |
John Clayton Nienstedt | July 9, 1996 |
Allen Henry Vigneron | July 9, 1996 |
James Albert Murray | January 27, 1998 |
Leonard Paul Blair | August 24, 1999 |
Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. | September 13, 2002 |
Walter Allison Hurley | August 12, 2003 |
Francis Ronald Reiss | August 12, 2003 |
John Michael Quinn | August 12, 2003 |
Alexander King Sample | January 25, 2006 |
Daniel E. Flores | November 29, 2006 |
Adam Joseph Maida (born March 18, 1930) is an American cardinal prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan from 1990 to 2009, and was elevated to Cardinal in 1994.
Cardinal Maida previously served as the bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin from 1984 to 1990.
Adam Maida was born in East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, to Adam and Sophie (née Cieslak) Maida. The oldest of three children, he has two brothers, Thaddeus (who also became a priest) and Daniel. His father immigrated from Poland at age 16, while his mother was the daughter of Polish immigrants. He and his brothers attended public schools in East Vandergrift since there were no local Catholic schools.
Maida attended each Vandergrift High School and Scott Township High School for one year. During his sophomore year of high school, he decided to enter the priesthood and was sent to St. Mary's Preparatory in Orchard Lake Village, Michigan. He graduated from St. Mary's Preparatory in 1948, and then entered St. Mary's College, also in Orchard Lake Village. In 1950, he transferred to Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1952. He received a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from St. Mary's University in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1956.