Denis J. Madden

Styles of
**Denis James Madden**
Styles of; Denis James Madden
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Mitchell Thomas Rozanski
Mitchell Thomas Rozanski
Personal details
Born	Denis James Madden; March 8, 1940 (age 84); Carbondale, Pennsylvania
Motto	In all things may God be glorified

Denis James Madden (born March 8, 1940) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland from 2005 to 2015.

Biography

Early life

Denis Madden was born on March 8, 1940, to William and Anna (née Burnakis) Madden in

Order of St. Benedict, and received his undergraduate degree at St. Benedict's College in Atchison, Kansas.^[1]

Ordination and ministry

Madden was

ordained to the priesthood for the Order of St. Benedict by Bishop Lawrence Casey on April 1, 1967.^[2] Madden attended Columbia University in New York City, where he obtained a master's degree in psychology. He then went to the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, earning a PhD in clinical psychology^[1]

In 1973, Madden assumed a post in the psychology department at the

incardinated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore.^[1]^[2]

After co-founding the

Pontifical Mission for Palestine office in Jerusalem from 1994 to 1996, He was then appointed associate secretary general of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA). While at CNEWA, Madden was part of the long delayed 1992 restoration of the dome and the rotunda inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem^[3]^[1]

Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore

On May 10, 2005, Madden was appointed

Baltimore.^[1]

Madden served as the Neumann vicar, responsible for parishes in the City of Baltimore, Baltimore County and Harford County. He also served as interim rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Madden is a licensed clinical psychologist in both Maryland and Washington, D.C.^[1]

Retirement

On March 8, 2015, Madden reached age 75 and was required by canon law to submit a letter of resignation to Pope Francis. The pope accepted his retirement on December 5, 2016. Though Madden was officially retired, Archbishop William Lori asked him to continue as vicar general and urban vicar.^[5] In September 2021, the archdiocese announced that Madden was retiring as urban vicar.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Most Rev. Denis J. Madden - Biography". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
^ ^a ^b "Bishop Denis James Madden [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
^ "90 Years, 90 Heroes: Bishop Denis J. Madden". CNEWA. 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
^ ^a ^b "Archdiocese of Baltimore". Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ "Bishop Madden: Retired now … sort of". Catholic Review. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
^ "Bishop Madden will step down as urban vicar, Bishop Lewandowski to succeed him". Catholic Review. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2022-01-15.

External links

Archdiocese of Baltimore

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore 2005–2016	Succeeded by –

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Most Rev. Denis J. Madden - Biography". Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved 2023-10-28.

[:1-2] "Bishop Denis James Madden [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-10-28.

[3] "90 Years, 90 Heroes: Bishop Denis J. Madden". CNEWA. 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2022-01-15.

[Archdiocese_of_Baltimore-4] "Archdiocese of Baltimore". Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[5] "Bishop Madden: Retired now … sort of". Catholic Review. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2022-01-15.

[6] "Bishop Madden will step down as urban vicar, Bishop Lewandowski to succeed him". Catholic Review. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2022-01-15.

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