Church Roman Catholic Church Coat of arms Consecration October 6, 2013 Denomination Roman Catholic Ordination June 20, 1982 | Nationality Irish Predecessor Colm O'Reilly Installed 6 October 2013 Name Francis Duffy Appointed July 17, 2013 | |
Born 21 April 1958 (age 66)
Bawnboy, County Cavan, Ireland ( 1958-04-21 ) Parents Frank Duffy and Mary Catherine Dolan Role Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh Alma mater National University of Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin | ||
Dr. Francis Duffy (born 21 April 1958) is an Irish clergyman who was appointed the Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise on 17 July 2013.
He was born in Bawnboy, County Cavan, Ireland on 21 April 1958. After his early education at Munlough national school, he attended St. Patrick's College, Cavan; then, he entered the Seminary at Maynooth, where he took the requisite undergraduate Philosophy and graduate Theology seminary coursework. Subsequently, he earned two Master's Degrees: in History, from the National University of Ireland, and in Education and Management, at Trinity College Dublin.
He was ordained to the priesthood on 20 June 1982, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore. After his presbyteral ordination, he taught History and the Irish language at St. Patrick's College, Cavan, and was subsequently a teacher at St. Felim's College, Ballinamore, later becoming the Dean there. From 2008 to 2012, he was the Secretary and the Chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore. Up until his episcopal appointment, while assisting at St. Michael's Church, Clifferna in the Parish of Laragh, he was completing, on a sort of gap year, his Doctorate in Education.
He was appointed the Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise by Pope Francis on 17 July 2013. His episcopal consecration took place on 6 October 2013, the principal consecrator was Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh, and the principal co-consecrators were Charles John Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, and Colm O'Reilly, Bishop Emeritus of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise. He is the fourth native of Templeport civil parish to hold the See of Ardagh along with Cormac Mác Shamhradháin, Edmund MacGauran and James Magauran.