Edward C. Malesic

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The Most Reverend

Edward Charles Malesic
Bishop of Cleveland
See Diocese of Cleveland
AppointedJuly 16, 2020
InstalledSeptember 14, 2020
Predecessor Nelson J. Perez
Orders
OrdinationMay 30, 1987
by  William Henry Keeler
ConsecrationJuly 13, 2015
by  Charles J. Chaput
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Born (1960-08-14) August 14, 1960 (age 63)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US
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Motto"Serve the Lord with gladness"
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Edward Charles Malesic (born August 14, 1960) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio since 2020. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg in Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2020.

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Biography

Early life

Edward Malesic was born August 14, 1960, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, one of four children born to Joseph A. and Elizabeth Schatt Malesic. His paternal grandparents immigrated from the Bela Krajina region in Slovenia. [1] He graduated from Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg in 1978.

Malesic majored in biology for three years at Lebanon Valley College. He entered the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, where he earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1983 and Master of Divinity degree in 1987. [2] [3]

Priesthood

Malesic was ordained a priest by Bishop William Keeler for the Diocese of Harrisburg on May 30, 1987. [4] Malesic later received a Licentiate of Canon Law from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

After his ordination, Malesic's pastoral assignments included assistant pastor at St. Theresa Parish in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, from 1987 to 1989, and St. Rose of Lima Parish in York, Pennsylvania, from 1989 to 1992. He concurrently served as the campus minister at York College of Pennsylvania in Spring Garden Township and served in the same capacity at Millersville University of Pennsylvania in Millersville from 1992 to 1996. Malesic was associated with the Newman Center at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, from 2000 to 2004.

Malesic was the administrator and then pastor at Holy Infant Parish in York Haven, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2015. [3] With his studies in canon law, he served in various roles in the diocesan tribunal. They include auditor, adjutant judicial vicar, and secretary for canonical services. He served as judicial vicar and secretary of canonical services from 2006 to 2015. [2]

Bishop of Greensburg

Pope Francis named Malesic as bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg on April 24, 2015. He was consecrated in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Greensburg on July 13, 2015, by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, with Bishop Lawrence Brandt and Bishop Ronald Gainer as co-consecrators. [5]

On June 22, 2020, a man filed a lawsuit against Malesic, the Diocese of Greensburg, and Cardinal Donald Wuerl. The plaintiff claimed that Joseph L. Sredzinski, a priest in Fayette County, Pennsylvania who died in 2015, sexually abused him beginning in 1991, from age 11 to 17. Reports of the lawsuit did not explain Malesic's involvement. [6]

Bishop of Cleveland

Pope Francis appointed Malesic as bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland on July 16, 2020. [7] [8] He was installed on September 14, 2020. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Slovenian counsel general brings greetings to Bishop Malesic". www.dioceseofcleveland.org. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  2. 1 2 "New Greensburg bishop seeks to emulate Francis' focus on mercy" (Press release). Catholic News Agency . Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Pope Names Harrisburg Judicial Vicar As Bishop Of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Accepts Resignation Of Bishop Brandt". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops . Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ Cloonan, Patrick (July 16, 2020). "Malesic reappointed to Cleveland diocese". Indiana Gazette. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ Hill, William (July 16, 2015). "New Greensburg, Pa., bishop ready 'to serve the Lord with gladness'". Catholic Philly. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  6. ↑ LaRussa, Tony (June 30, 2020). "Lawsuit alleges sex abuse by priest in Greensburg diocese in 1990s". Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Pope Francis Names Bishop Edward C. Malesic as Bishop of Cleveland" . Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Pope Francis names the Most Reverend Edward C. Malesic, J.C.L., as the 12th bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland" . Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  9. ↑ Fields, Cameron (14 September 2020). "Bishop Edward Malesic installed in Catholic Diocese of Cleveland". Cleveland.com.
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