Adam John Parker

Adam John Parker (born January 13, 1972) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Baltimore since 2016. Parker has also served as vicar general and moderator of the curia.

Biography

Early life and education Adam Parker was born on January 13, 1972, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of George and Maureen Parker. He grew up in Severna Park, Maryland, and was educated at Severna Park High School. Parker studied at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, and the University of Maryland, College Park in College Park, Maryland, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications.

In 1994, having decided to enter the priesthood, Parker enrolled at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1995, the Archdiocese of Baltimore sent Parker to reside at the Pontifical North American College in Rome while studying in the city. He received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1998.

After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Parker as associate pastor of St. Peter Parish in Westernport, Maryland. In 2001, he was transferred to St. Michael Parish in Frostburg, Maryland. After four years at St. Michael, the archdiocese appointed him first as administrator of Ascension Parish in Halethorpe, Maryland, then as its pastor. He served simultaneously as the associate director of the Permanent Diaconate Formation Team for the archdiocese from 2006 to 2007. He was consecrated in the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore on January 19, 2017, by Lori, with Archbishop Edwin O'Brien and Bishop Donald Wuerl serving as co-consecrators.