David Monas Maloney

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.

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. In 1977, he publicly declared that he would defy a city ordinance that prohibited discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations based on sexual orientation.

Retirement and death On July 16, 1982, Pope John Paul II accepted Maloney's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Wichita. David Maloney died at the St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita on February 15, 1995, at age 82.