Francis Ignatius Malone, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was ordained a priest on May 21, 1977 for the Diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas.  In 1998, he was conferred Prelate of Honor to His Holiness with the title of Reverend Monsignor and in 2010,  he was named Protonotary Apostolic. He was called to the order of bishop on November 19, 2019, for service in North Louisiana.  On January 28, 2020, he was ordained and installed as the third Bishop of the Diocese of Shreveport.