Bishop Jeremiah Coffey
Title:
Bishop
First Name:
Jeremiah
Middle Names:
Joseph
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Coffey
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Cork, Co Cork
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
All Hallows, Dublin
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Sale
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Bairnsdale VIC
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
St Mary's Cathedral, Sale VIC
Country of Burial:
Australia
Find A Grave URL:
Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sale | Sale | Bishop | 1989 | 2 | Jan | 2008 | Gravestone; Death notice |
Biographical Notes
Seventh Bishop of Sale. Doctor of Divinity (DD).
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Funeral notice, Herald Sun, Melbourne, 21 November 2014:
Coffey. Solemn Pontifical Mass of Christian Burial for the repose of the soul of Emeritus Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Coffey will be offered at St Mary's Cathedral, corner Pearson and Foster Streets, Sale at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday (Dec. 2, 2014). Rosary will be recited at St Mary's Catholic Church, Bairnsdale at 5.00 p.m. on Monday (Dec. 1, 2014) followed by Vigil Mass at 6.00 p.m. The Funeral will then proceed to Sale for the Rite of Reception at St Mary's Cathedral at 8.30 p.m. Concelebrating Priests are asked to bring white vestments.
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Death notice, Herald Sun, Melbourne, 25 November 2014:
Coffey, Jeremiah Joseph
Emeritus Priest and Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sale.
The Seventh Bishop of Sale (1989 - 2008), Bishop Coffey was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Sale at All Hallows College, Dublin, Ireland on June 22, 1958. He arrived in Australia on September 15, 1958 and served as a priest in the parishes of Bairnsdale, Sale, Traralgon, Omeo, Iona, Yallourn and Churchill. He also served the Diocese as Episcopal Vicar for Education as well as Moderator and Rector of the Provincial Seminary, Corpus Christi College, Clayton. Jeremiah was appointed Bishop of Sale by Pope John Paul 2nd on June 30, 1989. He served the Diocese of Sale in joyful hope until his retirement on January 2, 2008. The clergy, religious and people of the Diocese are saddened by his death on Nov. 19, 2014. May he Rest in Peace
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Death notice, Herald Sun, Melbourne, 25 November 2014:
Coffey. (Australia and Cork) On Nov. 19, 2014, in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Jeremiah, Emeritus Bishop of Sale, Victoria, brother of the late Mary (O"Flynn), Anne (Hannigan), Ita (Williams) and Paddy and brother-in-law of Mary. Regretted by all generations of the family. Funeral will take place in Sale in accordance with his wishes. Mass will be offered in Cork for the repose of his soul at a later date.