David Monas Maloney (March 15, 1912 – February 15, 1995) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in Kansas from 1967 to 1982. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of what was then the Diocese of Denver in Colorado from 1960 to 1967.
Maloney was named the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Wichita by Pope Paul VI on December 2, 1967.[3] In 1969, he joined other Catholic bishops in Kansas in opposing changes in state law that proposed allowing physicians to perform abortions in licensed and accredited hospitals.[4] In 1977, he publicly declared that he would defy a city ordinance that prohibited discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations based on sexual orientation.[4]
On July 16, 1982, Pope John Paul II accepted Maloney's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Wichita.[3] David Maloney died at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita on February 15, 1995, at age 82.[4]