Jeremiah Coffey

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The Most Reverend

Jeremiah Coffey
7th
Roman Catholic bishop
ProfessionCleric
Alma materUniversity College Dublin;
All Hallows College
MottoIn Joyful Hope

Jeremiah Joseph Coffey (1 January 1933 – 19 November 2014) was the seventh

Bishop Emeritus
of Sale.

Early years

Coffey was born in

parish priest of Churchill. In 1987, Coffey was appointed Rector of Corpus Christi Seminary, Clayton.[2]

Bishopric

On 8 April 1989, Pope John Paul II appointed Coffey as the seventh Bishop of Sale. He was consecrated by Archbishop Sir Frank Little of Melbourne on the grounds of St Patrick's Campus of Sale Catholic College (now Catholic College Sale) on 30 June 1989. The co-consecrators were his predecessor, Archbishop Eric D'Arcy of Hobart together with Bishop David Cremin, who was also a student of All Hallows.[2]

In 2003, Coffey removed Father John Speekman as priest of the parish of

Congregation for the Clergy against the decree ordering his removal,[3][4] but Coffey then appealed those decisions to the Apostolic Signatura.[5][6] In 2011, the Vatican ruled finally in favour of Coffey,[7] ending the eight-year battle where the parish was without a permanent priest.[8]

Under Coffey's leadership of the diocese, the Bishop's Family Foundation was established as a charitable body and has given more than A$500,000 in support of families within the Gippsland diocese. At the time of Coffey's departure, the foundation had a self-generating trust fund of more than A$2 million.[9]

Coffey's retirement as bishop was accepted by Pope

Benedict XVI on 2 January 2008.[10] Coffey lived in retirement in Paynesville. He was conferred the title Bishop Emeritus of Sale.[2]

He died on 19 November 2014.

References

  1. ^ "Bishop Emeritus Jeremiah Joseph Coffey". The Catholic Hierarchy. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Coffey". About us: History. Catholic Diocese of Sale. 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  3. ^ Gilchrist, Michael (February 2007). "Vatican orders reinstatement of wrongly removed Sale Diocese parish priest". AD2000. 20 (1). Thomas More Centre: 7. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Congregation for Clergy decree on Sale priest published". CathNews. 9 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  5. ^ Zwartz, Barney (12 January 2007). "Vatican orders bishop to reinstate removed priest". The Age. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Sale Bishop appeals to Vatican "supreme court"". CathNews. 12 January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Vatican judges in favour of bishop in Vic dispute". CathNews. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Vic parish to get priest after eight years". CathNews. 1 August 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  9. ^ Jackson, Nicole (29 October 2007). "Sale Diocese to get new leader". La Trobe Valley Express. Retrieved 27 January 2012.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Resignation of His Lordship Most Reverend Jeremiah Coffey, Bishop of Sale" (PDF; requires download) (Press release). Apostolic Nunciature in Australia. 20 December 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Sale
1989–2008
Succeeded by