Background
Malloy was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Malloy was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
After completing a year of theology at Saint Francis Seminary in Milwaukee, he studied theology at the Pontifical North American College, Rome and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1979 to 1982. He studied for and obtained a licentiate in Dogmatic theology from the Gregorian from 1982 to 1984.
Early life and education
He received his bachelor"s degree in Biology at Marquette University in 1978. Ordination and ministry
Malloy was ordained priest on July 1, 1983 for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. After returning from his licentiate studies at the Gregorian, Malloy served as the Parochial Vicar of Saint John Nepomuk Parish in Racine from 1984 to 1986.
He was summoned to attend the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy from 1986-1990 and studied for both a licentiate in canon law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum from 1986 to 1988.
Later he earned a doctorate in theology at the Gregorian University from 1988 to 1990. Besides English, Malloy speaks Italian, Spanish and French.
In the diplomatic service of the Holy See, Malloy served as a secretary to the Apostolic Nuncio in Pakistan (1990–1994), at the Nunciature in Syria (1995), at the United Nations from 1995 to 1998 and was an official of the Prefecture of the Papal Household from 1998 to 2001. On October 28, 2000 he was named Prelate of Honor of His Holiness for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
Bishop of Rockford
Malloy was appointed Bishop of Rockford on March 20, 2012, and was consecrated as bishop on May 14, 2012 by Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago.
Malloy"s predecessor Thomas Doran and Jerome Listecki, the Archbishop of Milwaukee, served as co-consecrators. At the time of his appointment as Bishop of Rockford, Malloy was serving as pastor of Saint Francis de Sales Parish in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Upon his appointment as Bishop of Rockford, Malloy joined Robert Lynch of Saint St. Petersburg and Dennis Schnurr of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati as former USCCB General Secretaries named bishops in the United States.
