Edward Joseph Adams

Edward Joseph Adams ( born August 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American Roman Catholic priest and since 2007, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines.

Biography

Adams received his ordination to the priesthood on May 16, 1970, through John Joseph Cardinal Krol and subsequently served as priest in his hometown of Philadelphia.

Later he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See and was on 24 August 1996 Apostolic Nuncio in Bangladesh as well as Titular Archbishop per hac vice of Scala. As such he received on 23 October 1996, the episcopal consecration by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, and its co-consecrators Anthony Joseph Cardinal Bevilacqua and Cardinal John Patrick Foley.

On 22 August 2002 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe before he was Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines on September 3, 2007.