David John Malloy

David J. Malloy (born February 3, 1956) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as the bishop of the Diocese of Rockford in Illinois since 2012.

Biography

Early life and education David Malloy was born on February 3, 1956, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of David and Mary Malloy. He has one sister and four brothers. He attended Christ the King Grade School in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, then went to Wauwatosa East High School. After graduating from high school in 1974, Malloy entered Marquette University in Milwaukee. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Marquette in 1978.

Ordination and ministry Malloy was ordained a priest on July 1, 1983, by Archbishop Rembert Weakland for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Rome. Malloy obtained a Licentiate of Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1984.

After returning to Wisconsin in 1984, the archdiocese assigned Malloy as the parochial vicar of Saint John Nepomuk Parish in Racine, Wisconsin. He returned to Rome in 1986 to attend the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. During this period, he also received a Licentiate of Canon Law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas and a Doctor of Theology degree from the Gregorian University. Bishop Thomas Doran, and Archbishop Jerome Listecki served as co-consecrators. In March 2019, Malloy revoked the priestly faculties of Reverend Joseph Jablonski, a priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. While ministering in the Diocese of San Bernardino in California in 2014, Jablonski allegedly made remarks to a young boy that constituted sexual grooming. The Diocese of San Bernardino immediately reported him to authorities and banned him from ministering in its parishes. When Jablonski moved to the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Missionaries did not notify the archdiocese or the Illinois dioceses about his record in California.

Malloy has been serving as chair of the USCCB Committee on International Justice and Peace. In July 2023, he expressed concern over the Biden Administration sending cluster munitions to the Ukrainian Ground Forces for use in the war with Russia.