Joseph Duffy

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Joseph Duffy (born February 3, 1934) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher in Ireland since 1979. He resides in Monaghan town, Ireland.

Duffy was born in Dublin in Ireland, and was ordained as a priest on June 22, 1958, at the age of 24. On July 7, 1979, he was appointed Bishop of Clogher, at the age of 45, becoming the first Irish Bishop to be appointed by Pope John Paul II. He was ordained as Bishop in St Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan on September 2 the same year.

For some years during the 1990s he served as media spokesman for the Irish Bishops Conference. He is presently Chairman of the Commission for Communications of the Irish Bishops' Conference and is also the representative of the Irish Bishops on the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the EU ([COMECE]). In addition to his formal duties as Bishop, Duffy has served as Chairman of the Clogher Historical Society and was a former editor of its Journal- "Clogher Record". He is a noted historian and celtic scholar.

His Anglican counterpart is Michael Jackson, the Anglican Bishop of Clogher. In 2002, Duffy and Jackson delivered a joint Christmas message[1]. Both Duffy and Jackson were also present at a service in honour of Saint Macartan, Patron Saint of Clogher. The service took place at St. Macartan's College, the Catholic Diocesan Seminary in Monaghan. It marked the celebration of 1500 years of Christian witness in Clogher diocese.

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