Denis J. Madden

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

Biography

Early life Denis Madden was born on March 8, 1940, to William and Anna (née Burnakis) Madden in Carbondale, Pennsylvania; his father was of Irish descent and his mother of Lithuanian descent, He later entered the Order of St. Benedict, and received his undergraduate degree at St. Benedict's College in Atchison, Kansas.

Ordination and ministry Madden was ordained to the priesthood for the Order of St. Benedict by Bishop Lawrence Casey on April 1, 1967. 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 He was the new pope's first episcopal appointment in the United States. Madden was consecrated on August 24, 2005, by Cardinal William Keeler, with Bishops William Malooly and Mitchell T. Rozanski serving as co-consecrators. In September 2021, the archdiocese announced that Madden was retiring as urban vicar.