Joseph L. Coffey

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Joseph Lawrence Coffey
Auxiliary Bishop for the Military Services, USA
Titular Bishop of Capsus
Archdiocese Military Services, USA
AppointedJanuary 22, 2019
InstalledMarch 25, 2019
Other post(s) Titular Bishop of Capsus
Orders
OrdinationMay 18, 1996
by  Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua
ConsecrationMarch 25, 2019
by  Timothy Broglio, Timothy M. Dolan, and Charles J. Chaput
Personal details
Born (1960-05-31) May 31, 1960 (age 63)
Rochester, Minnesota, US
Education La Salle University
Sorbonne University
MottoChristus vivificans
(Christ is alive)
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Joseph Lawrence Coffey
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Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Joseph Lawrence Coffey (born May 31, 1960) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic church, serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA since 2019. He previously served as a chaplain in the US Navy Chaplain Corps in the United States, Japan and Afghanistan.

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Biography

Early life

Joseph Coffey was born in Rochester, Minnesota, on May 31, 1960, the son of Dr. William F. X Coffey and Roseanita Schubert Coffey. He is the fifth of nine children. Coffey attended Archbishop John Carroll High School in Radnor, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1978. Coffey then entered La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, spending one year studying at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He graduated in 1982 with bachelor degrees in English and French. [1]

After graduating from LaSalle, Coffey spent the next five years teaching grade school, acting as a ski instructor in Switzerland, and working in the automobile industry in Germany and Belgium. [1]

Deciding to enter the priesthood, Coffey enrolled at the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, graduating with a Master of Divinity degree. [2] During this period in seminary, Coffey was involved with Operation Rescue protests at women's health clinics around the United States. In a 2020 interview, Coffey said that he was arrested in a dozen cities during these protests. [3]

In May 1992, Coffey enter the U.S. Navy Chaplain Candidate Program with the rank of ensign. Coffey served in the US Naval Reserve for the next nine years. [1]

Priesthood

On May 18, 1996, Coffey was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. After his 1996 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Coffey as an associate pastor at St. Katherine of Siena Parish in Philadelphia. After five years at St. Katherine, he became an active duty Navy chaplain in September 2001. [1]

Coffey’s duty assignments have included attachment to a combat assault battalion in Okinawa and as command chaplain on the USS George Washington (CVN 73) on deployment to the Persian Gulf. He also served as command chaplain at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey. Coffey spend seven months deployed with a US Marines air unit to Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan during the Afghan War. [2] [1]

After an assignment at U.S. Navy Recruiting Command in St. Louis, Missouri, Coffey was assigned as command chaplain on the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) both in Yokosuka, Japan and at sea in the South Pacific Ocean Coffey's final assignment as a naval chaplain was assistant chief of staff for religious ministry at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in California. [2] [1]

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Services, USA

Pope Francis appointed Coffey as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of the Military Services, USA and titular bishop of Capsus on January 22, 2019. [4] [5] On March 25, 2019, Coffey was consecrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., by Archbishop Timothy Broglio, with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, and Archbishop Charles J. Chaput acting as co-consecrators. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bishop Coffey". Archdiocese for the Military, USA. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  2. 1 2 3 Moran, Robert (January 29, 2019). "Philly-area native named auxiliary bishop by Pope Francis". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Pro-Life in the Pandemic: An Interview With Bishop Joseph Coffey". NCR. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  4. ↑ "Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA" . Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Pope Francis Names Two New Auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, (AMS)" . Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Bishop Joseph Lawrence Coffey [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-04-13.

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