David Monas Maloney
Catholic bishop
David Monas Maloney (March 15, 1912 – February 15, 1995) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in Kansas from 1967 to 1982. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of what was then the Diocese of Denver in Colorado from 1960 to 1967.
Biography
Early life
One of eight children, David Maloney was born on March 15, 1912, in Littleton, Colorado, to James Edward and Margaret (née Flynn) Maloney. After graduating from Littleton High School, Maloney studied at the University of Colorado (1929–1930) and at St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1933. He then earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1937.
Maloney was ordained to the priesthood in Rome for the Diocese of Denver by Cardinal Francesco Selvaggiani on December 8, 1936. In 1940, he earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare. Upon his return to Colorado in 1940, he was assigned as a curate at St.
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