1. Adam Maida previously served as Bishop of Green Bay from 1984 to 1990.
22 Facts About Adam Maida
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Adam Maida's father immigrated from Poland at age 16, while his mother was the daughter of Polish immigrants.
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Adam Maida entered St Mary's Preparatory School in Orchard Lake Village, Michigan, graduating from there in 1948.
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Adam Maida then entered St Mary's College, in Orchard Lake Village.
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In 1950, Adam Maida transferred to Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1952.
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Adam Maida received a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from St Mary's University in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1956.
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On May 26,1956, Adam Maida was ordained a priest for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh by then Bishop John Dearden at the Cathedral of St Paul in Pittsburgh.
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Adam Maida later served at Holy Innocents Parish in Sheraden, Pennsylvania.
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Adam Maida received his Juris Doctor from Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh in 1964; he was admitted to practice law for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Federal Bar in Western Pennsylvania, and the US Supreme Court.
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Adam Maida served as vice-chancellor and general counsel of the diocese.
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Adam Maida served on a papal commission to draft a due process procedure giving the laity legal recourse within the church, and participated in the revision of the Code of Canon Law; for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, he worked on the adoption of a due process procedure and chaired the bishops' Canonical Affairs Committee.
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Adam 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.
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Adam Maida was chaplain of the St Thomas More Society.
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In 2000, Adam Maida was appointed the first superior of the Mission sui iuris of the Cayman Islands.
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Adam Maida is no longer eligible to vote in any future conclaves as he reached his 80th birthday.
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On March 18,2005, Adam Maida sent his letter of resignation to Pope Benedict XVI, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.
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The Vatican asked Adam Maida to remain archbishop until further notice.
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On June 8,2006, Adam Maida celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.
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In January 2007, Adam Maida relieved Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Thomas Gumbleton of his pastoral duties at St Leo Parish in Detroit.
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Adam Maida claimed that he was following church rules on retirement of bishops.
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Vigneron was installed on January 28,2009, at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit Adam Maida became apostolic administrator of Detroit and assisted Vigneron with the transition.
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Adam Maida celebrated his final mass at the cathedral on January 25,2009.