Joseph Duffy

Duffy was born in Dublin in the Republic of 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, and he was ordained as Bishop on September 2 the same year. For some years he served as media spokesman for the Irish Bishops Conference.

His Anglican counterpart is Michael Jackson, the Anglican Bishop of Clogher. In 2002, Duffy and Jackson delivered a joint Christmas message[1] (http://ireland.anglican.org/archives/pressreleases/prarchive2002/clogchr).

External links

• Bishop Joseph Duffy (http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bduffyjo) - a Catholic-Hierarchy page giving information such as Duffy's age in years to two decimal places
• "Irish bishops back Nice treaty (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2311025.stm)" - BBC News article dated Tuesday, October 8, 2002, quoting Duffy's views on the Treaty of Nice