Denis James Madden (born March 8, 1940) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland from 2005 to 2015.
Denis Madden was born on March 8, 1940, to William and Anna (née Burnakis) Madden in Carbondale, Pennsylvania; his father was of Irish descent and his mother of Lithuanian descent, He later entered the Order of St. Benedict, and received his undergraduate degree at St. Benedict's College in Atchison, Kansas.
He then went to the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, earning a PhD in clinical psychology[1] In 1973, Madden assumed a post in the psychology department at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, concurrently working as a marriage and family counselor for Associated Catholic Charities.
He taught as a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and provided counseling to the clergy and religious of the archdiocese as well.
He also served as interim rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.