MARYLAND
Catholic Review
December 05, 2016
By Christopher Gunty
editor@CatholicReview.org
Pope Francis named two new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Baltimore: Monsignor Mark E. Brennan, pastor of St. Martin of Tours Parish in Gaithersburg, in the Archdiocese of Washington; and Monsignor Adam J. Parker, current vicar general and moderator of the curia in Baltimore. The appointments were announced Dec. 5 in Washington by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
At the same time, the pope accepted the resignation of Bishop Denis J. Madden, auxiliary of Baltimore since 2005. Bishop Madden (pictured below) submitted his resignation on his 75th birthday in March 2015, as is the custom for bishops, but it was not accepted until the appointment of the new auxiliaries.
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori expressed his gratitude to the Holy Father for the appointments of the new bishops, which he called “an early Christmas gift” from the pope. “This is a joyous and blessed day for our archdiocese,” the archbishop said.
The bishops-designate will be ordained Jan. 19 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
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