James William Malone (March 8, 1920 – April 9, 2000) was an American
prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. He served as bishop of the
Diocese of Youngstown
The Diocese of Youngstown ( la, Dioecesis Youngstonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church, consisting of six counties in Northeast Ohio: Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana, Stark, Portage, and Ashtabu ...
in
Ohio
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from 1968 to 1995.
Biography
Early life
James Malone was born in
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the largest city and county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, Mahoning County. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Youngstown had a city population of 60,068. It is a principal city of ...
, on March 8, 1920. The son of a steelworker, Malone worked in a
steel mill
A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel. It may be an integrated steel works carrying out all steps of steelmaking from smelting iron ore to rolled product, but may also be a plant where steel semi-finish ...
for a year to raise money for college.
He attend St. Mary's Seminary in
Wickliffe, Ohio
Wickliffe is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,750 at the 2010 census.
A post office called Wickliffe has been in operation since 1843. The city was named after Charles A. Wickliffe, 11th United States Postmaste ...
. He later received a Doctor of School Administration degree from the
Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U.S. ...
in Washington, D.C.
Malone was ordained a priest by Bishop
James A. McFadden for the Diocese of Youngstown on May 26, 1945.
Auxiliary Bishop and Bishop of Youngstown
On January 2, 1960,
Pope John XXIII
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named Malone as the
titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of ''
Alabanda
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The city is located in the saddle between two heights. The area is ...
'' and
auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown. He was consecrated on March 24, 1960, by Bishop
Emmet M. Walsh
Emmet Michael Walsh (March 6, 1892 – March 16, 1968) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Charleston in South Carolina (1927–1949) and as bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown in Ohio (1 ...
.
His co-consecrators were Bishops
Clarence Issenmann and
John Krol
John Joseph Krol (October 26, 1910 – March 3, 1996) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1961 to 1988, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland (1953†...
. From 1962 to 1965, Malone attended all four sessions of the
Second Vatican Council
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in Rome He backed initiatives of the Council that included using
vernacular language
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in mass and increasing roles in the church for the
laity
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In both religious and wider secular usage, a layperson ...
.
Pope
Paul VI
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appointed Malone as the third bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown on May 2, 1968, following the death of Bishop Walsh. In 1972, Malone was diagnosed with
stomach cancer
Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a cancer that develops from the lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas, which can be divided into a number of subtypes, including gastric adenocarcinomas. Lymph ...
, but was declared cancer-free after five years of treatment.
After the closing of
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
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in 1977, 5,000 people in the Youngstown area lost their jobs. Malone led an unsuccessful effort by clergy from different faiths to stop it.
Malone was a strong advocate of interfaith communication. He was elected as the first Catholic leader of the Ohio Council of Churches. He delivered sermons in
Protestant
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churches and urged his priests to establish contacts with non-Catholic congregations.
From 1983 to 1986, Malone served as the president of the
National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference.
Retirement
On December 5, 1995, Pope
John Paul II
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accepted Malone's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown.
In 1999, surgeons removed one of Malone's
kidney
The kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped organs found in vertebrates. They are located on the left and right in the retroperitoneal space, and in adult humans are about in length. They receive blood from the paired renal arteries; blood ...
s. In March 2000, he entered
St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center in Youngstown, where his
spleen
The spleen is an organ found in almost all vertebrates. Similar in structure to a large lymph node, it acts primarily as a blood filter. The word spleen comes . was removed. James Malone died in Youngstown after surgery on April 9, 2000.
See also
References
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1920 births
2000 deaths
People from Youngstown, Ohio
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Participants in the Second Vatican Council
Roman Catholic bishops of Youngstown