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Fr Francis Duffy Appointed as Bishop
of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise
Bishop Leo O’Reilly, Bishop Colm O’Reilly, Fr Francis Duffy and the Papal Nuncio,
Archbishop Brown
Fr Francis Duffy, a priest of the diocese of Kilmore,
has been appointed bishop of
Ardagh and Clonmacnoise.
He succeeds Bishop Colm O’Reilly, who has retired.
Fr Francis is a native of Templeport, Co Cavan.
He studied at St Patrick’s College, Cavan, and at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.
He was ordained in 1982
and was appointed to the teaching staff of St Patrick’s College,
Cavan, in 1983.
In 1996 he was appointed Principal of Fatima and Felim’s Secondary
School in Ballinamore,
a position he held until 2008, when he became Chancellor and
Diocesan Secretary.
In recent years he has served in the parish of Laragh, Co Cavan.
We congratulate Fr Francis on his appointment
and we assure him of our support and
our prayers.
We acknowledge the web site
of the Bishops’ Conference
for the above photograph.