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Bishop Richard J. Malone, Th.D
Apostolic Administrator, Diocese of Portland

Born:

March 19, 1946 - Salem, Massachusetts

Education:

St. John's Prep, Danvers, MA - graduated 1964

Cardinal O'Connell Seminary, Jamaica Plain, MA

St. John Seminary, Boston - B.A. in Philosophy, Bachelors in Divinity, Masters' Degree in Theology

Boston University, 1981 - Doctorate in Theology

Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, MA 1990 - Licentiate in Sacred Theology

Ordained a Priest:

May 20, 1972-by Archbishop Humberto Medeiros, Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, MA

Assignments:

1972-Associate Pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Stoneham, MA

1974-Faculty, St. Clement High School, Somerville, MA

1976-Faculty and Chaplain, Xaverian High School, Westwood, MA

1979-Faculty, Registrar, Academic Dean, St. John Seminary College

1979-Part-time Chaplain, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

1979-Part-time Chaplain, Regis College, Weston, MA

1979-Teacher, Emmanuel College, Boston

1990-Chaplain, Harvard-Radcliffe Catholic Student Center, St. Paul Parish

1993-Director, Office of Religious Education, Archdiocese of Boston

1995-Secretary for Education, Archdiocese of Boston

Ordained Bishop:


March 1, 2000
Appointed Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Boston, South Region

February 10, 2004
Appointed Bishop of Portland

March 31, 2004
Installed Bishop of Portland

May 29, 2012
Appointed Bishop of Buffalo

August 10, 2012
Installed as the 14th Bishop of Buffalo / Becomes Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Portland