VATICAN CITY
Vatican Information Service
Vatican City, 17 July 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:
– appointed Fr. Francis Duffy, of the clergy of Kilmore, Ireland, as bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois (area 2,437, population 84,700, Catholics 79,600, priests 72, religious 177), Ireland. The bishop-elect was born in Bawnboy, Ireland in 1958 and was ordained a priest in 1982. Following ordination he taught Irish history and language at St. Patrick’s College in Cavan, and in the diocesan school of St. Felim in Ballinamore, where he went on to become head teacher. He served as diocesan secretary and chancellor from 2008 to 2012. He currently assists in the parish of Laragh and in St. Michael’s Church, Clifferna, and is completing his doctorate in Education. He succeeds Bishop Colm O’Reilly, whose resignation from the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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