Richard Joseph Malone

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Richard Joseph Malone
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
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Portland, Maine (2004–2012) Auxiliary Bishop of Boston and Titular Bishop of Aptuca (2000–2004)
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	(1946-03-19) March 19, 1946 (age 78) Salem, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Motto	Live the truth in love

Styles of Richard Joseph Malone
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
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.