Adam Joseph Maida (born March 18, 1930) is an American archbishop and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Superior of the Cayman Islands and a former Archbishop of Detroit.

Adam Joseph Maida was born to Adam and Sophie Cieslak Maida. He graduated from St. Mary's Preparatory in Orchard Lake Village, Michigan in 1948. In 1952, Maida graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Saint Vincent College in the Pittsburgh suburb of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Maida was admitted to practice law after graduating from Duquesne Law School in 1964.

Maida was ordained to the priesthood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1956 by Bishop John Dearden, who two years later became Archbishop of Detroit. Following his ordination, Maida served as a vice chancellor of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, and as adjunct professor of theology at Duquesne University School of Law.