Henry Joseph Maloney (15 April 1915 – 7 July 1987) was a Canadian priest, a school and college governor, and community leader based in Bancroft, Ontario.

In the 1960s, Maloney persuaded the Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker to sell uranium mined in Canada to the United Kingdom.

After Maloney's death, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and The Bancroft Times reported on allegations of him perpetuating a sexual assault.

[3] Maloney worked as a religious assistant in Eganville before being ordained as a catholic priest, by Bishop Charles Leo Nelligan, in 1941.

[6] For 29 years,[8] Maloney worked for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke, based at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Bancroft.

[6] Maloney founded Our Lady of Mercy Separate School in September 1959[10] and chaired the board of directors that governed Sir Sandford Fleming College in Peterborough, Ontario.

[2][6][13] Prime Minister Diefenbaker was concerned by the rising influence of a catholic priest in a region that was traditionally dominated by protestant Christians.