Joseph Duffy (bishop)
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Joseph Duffy | |
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Clogher | |
Appointed | 7 July 1979 |
Installed | 2 September 1979 |
Term ended | 6 May 2010 |
Predecessor | Patrick Mulligan |
Successor | Liam MacDaid |
Orders | |
Ordination | 22 June 1958 by Tomás Ó Fiaich |
Consecration | 2 September 1979 by Gaetano Alibrandi |
Personal details | |
Born | Dublin, Ireland | 3 February 1934
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Joseph Duffy (born 3 February 1934) was the
Early life and priestly ministry
Duffy was the eldest of three boys and one girl born to Edward Duffy and Brigid MacEntee of Annagose, Newbliss, County Monaghan. Born in Dublin, he was educated at St. Louis' Infant School, Clones, County Monaghan, and at St. Macartan's College, Monaghan, where he was a boarder for five years.
He studied for the priesthood at
He returned to St. Macartan's College, where he taught Irish and French for twelve years. During these years he spent several sessions in French universities pursuing summer courses in French.
From 1972 to 1979 he was a curate in the parish of
Bishop of Clogher
On 7 July 1979, Duffy was named Bishop-elect of Clogher, the first
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For some years during the 1990s he served as media spokesman for the Irish Bishops Conference. He was also Chairman of the Commission for Communications of the Irish Bishops' Conference and the representative of the Irish Bishops on the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union ([COMECE]).
His
On 28 January 2008 Duffy became the longest-serving
His resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on 6 May 2010, when it was announced that Liam MacDaid would be his successor. MacDaid received episcopal ordination from Dr. Duffy in late July 2010.
Selected works
- Patrick in His Own Words. Dublin: Veritas (2000)
- On Lough Derg Dublin: Veritas (1988)
- Lough Derg Guide. Veritas (1980)
References
- ^ "Joseph Duffy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
- ^ "Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
- ^ "Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
- ^ "Bishop Patrick Mulligan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
- ^ "School issues letter about child abuser". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Bishop speaks of horror and pain of abuse victims". Impartial Reporter. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Bishop Duffy submits his resignation to the Holy See[permanent dead link]
External links
- "Bishop Joseph Duffy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
- "Irish bishops back Nice treaty" – BBC News article dated Tuesday, 8 October 2002, quoting Duffy's views on the Treaty of Nice
- Clogher Diocese