David Monas Maloney

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David Monas Maloney (March 15, 1912 – February 15, 1995) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wichita from 1967 to 1982.

Biography[]

One of eight children, David Maloney was born in Littleton, Colorado, to James Edward and Margaret (née Flynn) Maloney.[1] His father was an engineer and later served as Mayor of Littleton (1910–1912, 1913–1919).[2]

After graduating from Littleton High School, he studied at the University of Colorado (1929–1930) and at St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1933.[1] He then furthered his studies in Rome and earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1937.[3] Maloney was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani on December 8, 1936.[4] In 1940, he earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare.[3] Upon his return to the United States in 1940, he served as a curate at St. Philomena Church in Denver until 1943, when he became secretary to Bishop Urban John Vehr and assistant chancellor of the Diocese of Denver.[1] He became chancellor in 1954.[1]

On November 5, 1960, Maloney was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Denver and Titular Bishop of Ruspae by Pope John XXIII.[4] He received his episcopal consecration on January 4, 1961 from Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, with Bishops Urban John Vehr and Hubert Newell serving as co-consecrators.[4] Representing the ailing Bishop Vehr, he attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965.[1] Maloney was named the fifth Bishop of Wichita, Kansas by Pope Paul VI on December 2, 1967.[4] In 1969, he joined other Catholic bishops in Kansas in opposing changes in state law that proposed allowing physicians to perform abortions in licensed and accredited hospitals.[5] In 1977, he publicly declared that he would defy a city ordinance that prohibited discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations based on sexual orientation.[5]

After fourteen years as bishop, Maloney resigned on July 16, 1982.[4] He later died at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, aged 82.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Noel, Thomas J. "Vehr: The Flowering of Catholicism (1931-1967)". Colorado Catholicism. Archived from the original on 2008-08-21.
  2. ^ "James E. Maloney, Mayor 1910-1912, 1913-1919". City of Littleton. Archived from the original on 2009-12-11.
  3. ^ a b Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Bishop David Monas Maloney". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  5. ^ a b c Shideler, Karen (1995-02-17). "BISHOP MALONEY LED WITH FIRM HAND INTELLECT, LOYALTY WERE HIS STRENGTHS". The Wichita Eagle.
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Preceded by Bishop of Wichita
1967–1982 		Succeeded by
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