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Goucher College may not track the faith of its students, yet plenty of opportunities are present for students to tap into their own in between hitting the books.

Whether he’s speaking to youths in the hallway before they’re about to be confirmed, mingling with young people during the archdiocese’s annual youth and young adult pilgrimage, or simply remembering a teenager’s name, Bishop W. Francis Malooly has demonstrated his commitment to the young people of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

When Bishop W. Francis Malooly was named the ordinary of the Diocese of Wilmington, Del., in July, Father John Hopkins was elated.

In the seven years Bishop W. Francis Malooly has led the western vicariate, he has faced the challenge of overseeing a part of the archdiocese experiencing significant demographic changes.

Bishop W. Francis Malooly plays many roles to countless people, but to Jonathan Malooly and Erin Malooly Miller, he is a generous uncle who has demonstrated his faith through selfless acts.

When Claire Arrabal befriended the newly ordained priest who conducted her Archbishop Keough High School retreat in the early 1970s, she had no idea that the future Bishop W. Francis Malooly would – in a manner of speaking – become wedded to her family.

Monsignor James Cronin never asked Bishop W. Francis Malooly to become a priest. It was Monsignor Cronin’s daily living of the priesthood at St. Ursula in Parkville that inspired young Fran Malooly to follow in his pastor’s footsteps.

Bishop W. Francis Malooly may be the vicar for the western part of the archdiocese, but for some 23 years he has made his home in the 300-family, urban vicariate church of St. Thomas More in Baltimore.

As a parochial school student

Advisor and assistant to three men who directed the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Bishop W. Francis Malooly most deftly handled that role in October 2006, when tragedy struck.

When he was a seminarian, Bishop W. Francis Malooly spent years studying theology.

How is a bishop like a bar in a television sitcom?