Pope Francis has named Msgr. Adam Parker, vicar general and moderator of the Curia at the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and Msgr. Mark Brennan, a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, as auxiliary bishops of Baltimore. He also accepted the resignation of Bishop Dennis Madden, 76, auxiliary bishop of Baltimore.
With the resignation, the two new auxiliaries will be the only active auxiliary bishops of the archdiocese.
Adam Parker was born January 13, 1972. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in communications from the University of Maryland, 1994. He pursued seminary studies at Saint Mary’s Seminary and University, 1994-1995. He holds a bachelor degree in sacred theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 1998, where he also earned a licentiate in sacred theology, 2001. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore on May 27, 2000.
Mark Brennan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, February 6, 1947. He holds a bachelor of arts from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1969; and pursued seminary studies at Christ the King Seminary in Albany, New York, 1969-1970. In 1972 he received a licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 1972; he also pursued a graduate degree at the Gregorian, 1974. He was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Washington on May 15, 1976.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore comprises 1,854 square miles in the state of Maryland. It has a total population of 3,232,949 people of which 503,084 or 16% are Catholic. Archbishop William E. Lori is the archbishop of Baltimore since 2012.
