David Monas Maloney

David Monas Maloney (March 15, 1912 – February 15, 1995) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wichita from 1967 to 1982.

One of eight children, David Maloney was born in Littleton, Colorado, to James Edward and Margaret (née Flynn) Maloney. His father was an engineer and later served as Mayor of Littleton (1910–1912, 1913–1919). After graduating from Littleton High School, he studied at the University of Colorado (1929–1930) and at St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1933. He then furthered his studies in Rome and earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1937. Maloney was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani on December 8, 1936. In 1940 he earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare. Upon his return to the United States in 1940, he served as a curate at St. Philomena Church in Denver until 1943, when he became secretary to Bishop Urban John Vehr and assistant chancellor of the Diocese of Denver. He became chancellor in 1954.