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Bishop Richard J. Malone, Th.D
11th Bishop 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