Editing Joseph Duffy (bishop) (section)

==Bishop of Clogher==

On 7 July 1979, Duffy was named Bishop-elect of Clogher, the first [[Irish people|Irish]] bishop to be appointed by [[Pope John Paul II]]. He was ordained a bishop in St. Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan Town, on 2 September of the same year.<ref>{{catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bduffyjo|Joseph Duffy}}</ref> The [[Consecrator|Principal Consecrator]] was  [[Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh|Archbishop of Armagh]] and [[Primate of All Ireland]].<ref>{{catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bofiaich|Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich}}</ref> [[Gaetano Alibrandi]], [[Titular Archbishop]] of [[Binda (see)|Binda]], the [[Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland]],<ref>{{catholic-hierarchy|bishop|balib|Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi}}</ref> and [[Patrick Mulligan (bishop)|Patrick Mulligan]], the Bishop Emeritus of Clogher,<ref>{{catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bmulligan|Bishop Patrick Mulligan}}</ref> acted as the [[Consecrator|Principal Co–Consecrators]].
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| dipstyle   = [[The Most Reverend]]
| offstyle   = [[Your Lordship]]
| relstyle   = Bishop
| deathstyle = [[n/a]]
}}

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 [[Church of Ireland]] counterpart during the latter years of his episcopal term was Bishop [[Michael Jackson (Anglican bishop)|Michael Jackson]].  Each Christmas from 2002 on Duffy and Jackson delivered a joint Christmas message  [http://ireland.anglican.org/archives/pressreleases/prarchive2002/clogchr.html]. Both bishops were also present at a service in honour of [[Saint Macartan]], Patron Saint of Clogher at St. Macartan's College, the Catholic [[Minor seminary|Diocesan Seminary]] in Monaghan. It marked the celebration of fifteen hundred years of Christian witness in Clogher Diocese.

On 28 January 2008 Duffy became the longest-serving [[Ordinary (Catholic Church)|ordinary]] in Ireland, having once been the youngest Irish bishop at the time of his episcopal ordination.  In accordance with [[Canon Law]] he offered his resignation to the [[Holy See]] on his seventy-fifth birthday, on 3 February 2009.<ref>[http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/FH/free/351490121402321.php Bishop Duffy submits his resignation to the Holy See]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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.