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Paul Francis Duffy, OMI (July 25, 1932 – August 23, 2011) was the first
Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
bishop of the
Diocese of Mongu The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mongu ( la, Monguen(sis)) is a diocese located in Mongu in Zambia. History * June 14, 1997: Established as Diocese of Mongu from the Diocese of Livingstone Leadership * Bishops of Mongu (Roman rite) ** Bishop Pa ...
,
Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...
. Born in
Norwood, Massachusetts Norwood is a town and census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Norwood is part of the Greater Boston area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,611. The town was named after Norwood, England. Norwood is ...
, United States, Duffy was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He joined the
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816, by Eugène de Mazenod, a French priest born in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on August 1, ...
in the USA in 1952 and was ordained priest on 22 December 1962. He left for Zambia in 1982, working in
Lukulu Lukulu is a market town in the Western Province of Zambia, on the Zambezi River, and headquarters of a district of the same name. Access to the town is limited to only a few graded roads with traffic running through it from Kaoma town to Watopa t ...
and
Kalabo Kalabo is an urban centre in Kalabo District, in the Western Province of Zambia. The town is the headquarters of the district with the same name. Location The town is located on the plains west of the Zambezi River and the Barotse Floodplain, a ...
. In 1997, Duffy was appointed bishop of the Mongu Diocese, retiring in 2011. He died later that year in San Antonio Texas, USA, suffering from leukaemia.


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