Francis Ignatius Malone

Francis Ignatius Malone (born September 1, 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop for the Diocese of Shreveport in Louisiana since 2019.

Biography

Early life Francis Malone was born on September 1, 1950, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Dallas in Dallas, Texas, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1973 and a Master of Divinity and a Master of Education in 1977. On January 28, 2020, Malone was consecrated as a bishop at the Shreveport Convention Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond served as the principal consecrator. Bishops Anthony B. Taylor and Michael G. Duca served as co-consecrators.

In 2023, Malone gave his support to the canonization cause for the Shreveport Martyrs. They were five French missionary priests who traveled to Shreveport in 1873 to aid the sick during a yellow fever epidemic. All five men died of yellow fever.