Richard Joseph Malone | |
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Bishop emeritus of Buffalo | |
Diocese | Buffalo |
Appointed | May 29, 2012 |
Installed | August 10, 2012 |
Retired | December 4, 2019 |
Predecessor | Edward U. Kmiec |
Successor | Michael William Fisher |
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Orders | |
Ordination | May 20, 1972 by Humberto Medeiros |
Consecration | March 1, 2000 by Bernard Francis Law, William Murphy, and John Patrick Boles |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Motto | Live the truth in love |
Styles of Richard Joseph Malone | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
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 abuse cases in the diocese.