Bishop richard malone biography

Bishop Richard Malone

Bishop Richard Joseph Malone is the 11th Bishop of Portland, Maine. He was installed as Bishop of Portland in 2004 after serving as auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Boston, South Region, following his Episcopal ordination in 2000.

Bishop Malone was born in Salem, MA, and graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School, Danvers. He studied at Cardinal O’Connell Seminary in Jamaica Plain and graduated from St. John Seminary, Boston, with a bachelor’s in Philosophy, a bachelor’s in Divinity and a master’s in Theology. Bishop Malone subsequently earned a Doctorate in Theology (Th.D.) at Boston University and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) at Weston Jesuit School of Theology.

Bishop Malone was ordained a priest in 1972 and was assigned to St. Patrick parish, Stoneham, as Associate Pastor. He served on the faculty of St. Clement High School, Somerville, MA; Xaverian High School, Westwood, MA; and his alma mater St. John Seminary. Concurrent with his time at St. John Seminary, he was part-time chaplain at Wellesley and Regis Colleges and taught at Em

Richard Joseph Malone

Catholic bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend


Richard Joseph Malone

DioceseBuffalo
AppointedMay 29, 2012
InstalledAugust 10, 2012
RetiredDecember 4, 2019
PredecessorEdward U. Kmiec
SuccessorMichael William Fisher
Previous post(s)
OrdinationMay 20, 1972
by Humberto Medeiros
ConsecrationMarch 1, 2000
by Bernard Francis Law, William Murphy, and John Patrick Boles
Born (1946-03-19) March 19, 1946 (age 78)

Salem, Massachusetts

NationalityAmerican
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
MottoLive the truth in love

Richard Joseph Malone (born March 19, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York, from 2012 to 2019. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Portland in Maine from 2004 to 2012 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 2000 to 2004.

Malone resigned as bishop of Buffalo in 2019 following a Vatican investigation into his handling of sexual a

Most Reverend Richard J. Malone

Most Reverend Richard Joseph Malone was born in Salem, Mass., on March 19, 1946 and was raised in Hamilton and Beverly, Mass. He graduated in 1964 from St. John’s Preparatory School, Danvers and began his seminary college years at Cardinal O’Connell Seminary in Jamaica Plain, M. He graduated from St. John Seminary, Boston with a B.A. in philosophy, a bachelor’s degree in divinity and a master’s degree in biblical studies. In 1981, Bishop Malone earned a doctorate in theology (Th.D.) from Boston University and a licentiate in sacred theology (S.T.L.) at Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge in 1990.

Bishop Malone was ordained a priest at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston on May 20, 1972, by then-Archbishop Humberto Medeiros and was assigned to St. Patrick Parish, Stoneham as associate pastor. In 1974, having requested and received a voluntary leave of absence from parish ministry, he was named to the faculty of St. Clement High School, Somerville. Two years later he joined the faculty and served as chaplain a

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