Francis Malone

They were five French missionary priests who traveled to Shreveport in 1873 to tend to the sick during a yellow fever epidemic.

All five men died of yellow fever.

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.

Francis Malone was born on September 1, 1950, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He attended the University of Dallas, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1973 and a Master of Divinity and a Master of Education in 1977.

On May 21, 1977, Malone was ordained to the priesthood at the Church of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Philadelphia by Bishop Andrew McDonald for the Diocese of Little Rock.

The diocese assigned Malone at the following parishes in Arkansas:

In 1985, the diocese assigned Malone as pastor of Mary of the Mount Parish in Horseshoe Bend and St. Michael Parish in Cherokee Village.

In 1987, Malone entered the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he received a Licentiate of Canon Law in 1989.

After returning to Little Rock, he was named moderator of Cursillo and rector of the Cathedral of St. Andrew in that city.

In 1990, Bishop Andrew McDonald appointed Malone as chancellor and vice officialis.

He left the cathedral in 1996 to become pastor of Immaculate Conception and St. Anne Parishes in North Little Rock.

After five years at these two parishes, the diocese assigned him as pastor of Christ the King Parish in Little Rock.

Pope Francis appointed Malone to become the third bishop of Shreveport on November 19, 2019.

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."