Bishop Denis J. Madden

Bishop Denis J. Madden is an auxiliary bishop emeritus for the Archdiocese of Baltimore who currently serves as urban vicar.

Born in Pennsylvania in 1940, Bishop Madden earned his undergraduate degree from St. Benedict's College in Atchison, Kansas, before his ordination as a Benedictine priest April 1, 1967. He received a master's degree in psychology from Columbia University in New York and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Notre Dame. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

In 1973, Bishop Madden moved to Baltimore and took a position in the psychology program at the University of Maryland, while also working part-time as a marriage and family counselor for Associated Catholic Charities. Father Madden frequently made time to celebrate Mass at St. Martin's in West Baltimore and to provide long- and short-term counseling to many of the priests and religious sisters in the archdiocese. He left the Benedictines and was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

From 1996-2005, the future bishop served as Associate Secretary General of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. From 1994-1996 Bishop Madden served as the Director of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine office in Jerusalem.

Bishop Madden is the former acting rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.