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4 unusual facts about Adam Maida


Adam Maida

On November 26, 1994, Pope John Paul II elevated Maida to the Sacred College of Cardinals as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio.

In April 2005, following the Pope's death, he traveled to the Vatican as a cardinal elector to participate in the conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.

James Albert Murray

He received his episcopal consecration on January 27, 1998 from Adam Cardinal Maida, with Bishops Paul Donovan and Carl Mengeling serving as co-consecrators, in St. Augutine Cathedral.

John M. Quinn

He also served as the archdiocesan director for justice and peace and for education (1990–2003), and Cardinal Adam Maida's delegate to his alma mater of Sacred Heart Seminary (where he was an adjunct member of the faculty).



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