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His Excellency, The Most Reverend John Aloysius Duffy
Bishop of Buffalo
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Buffalo
Predecessor	William Turner
Successor	John Francis O'Hara
Other post(s)	Bishop of Syracuse
Orders
Ordination	June 13, 1908
Consecration	June 29, 1933 by Thomas Walsh
Personal details
Born	October 29, 1884 Jersey City, New Jersey, US
Died	September 27, 1944(1944-09-27) (aged 59)
Motto	Sapientia desursum Wisdom from above
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Styles of John A. Duffy
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

John Aloysius Duffy (October 29, 1884 – September 27, 1944) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Syracuse in New York from 1933 to 1937, and as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York from 1937 until his death in 1944.

Biography

Early life

John Duffy was born on October 29, 1884, in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Patrick Joseph and Anna Marie (née Smith) Duffy. As a young man, he worked as a boilermaker in Elizabeth, New Jersey and Bayonne.

Duffy was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Newark on June 13, 1908. Duffy then served as assistant pastor at the Church of Our Lady of Grace (Hoboken, New Jersey), professor of literature and languages at Seton Hall University, and instructor in Church history at the Newark seminary.Duffy was named a domestic prelate, and served as chancellor and vicar general for the diocese. As vicar general, Monsignor Duffy was instrumental in the establishment of Queen of Angels, the first parish for people of color in the Newark diocese. He was the diocese's apostolic administrator between the death of John O'Connor and the appointment of Thomas Walsh, and served as pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Jersey City.

Bishop of Syracuse

On April 21, 1933, Duffy was appointed the fourth Bishop of Syracuse by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on June 29, 1933, from Archbishop Walsh, with Bishops James Griffin and Alphonse Smith serving as co-consecrators. He selected as his episcopal motto: "Wisdom from Above." In 1934, when fan dancer Sally Rand was scheduled to appear in Syracuse, the Bishop said, "I must regard the presence of the Rand woman on the stage as an act of public defiance of the Catholic people of Syracuse."

Bishop of Buffalo

Pius XI named Duffy as the seventh Bishop of Buffalo on January 9, 1937. He was installed on April 14, 1937. In 1939 and 1940 he served as secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Council.

During his tenure, he established the Diocesan Fund for the Faith for those left in need because of the Great Depression, erected parishes in the sparsely settled areas of the diocese, and organized the Catholic Youth Organization, Bishop's Committee for Christian Home and Family, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, and Newman Clubs.

John Duffy died on September 27, 1944, at age 59, and was buried next to his parents in Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City.

References

1. ^ "Most Rev. John Aloysius Duffy". Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. Archived from the original on 2009-06-09.
2. New York History Review, New York History Review Press, Elmira, 2015, p. 146 ISBN 9781329936577
3. Ward, Mary A., A Mission for Justice: The History of the First African American Catholic Church in Newark, New Jersey, Univ. of Tennessee Press, 2002, p. 39 ISBN 9781572331914
4. "Bishop John Aloysius Duffy". Catholic-Hierarch.org.
5. "Legion of Decency (Cont'd)". TIME Magazine. 1934-07-12. Archived from the original on June 8, 2008.
6. "Bishop of Syracuse Sent to Buffalo", The New York Times, January 10, 1937
7. Our Bishops Speak, National Catholic Welfare Conference, Bruce, 1952, p. 389
8. "Diocesan Bishops Through the Years". Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.

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Education	High schools Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School, East Syracuse Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior High School, Syracuse Notre Dame Junior Senior High School, Utica Seton Catholic Central High School, Binghamton Independent high schools Christian Brothers Academy, Syracuse Holy Cross Academy, Oneida
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Ordinaries	Bishops John Timon Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan James Edward Quigley Charles Henry Colton Dennis Joseph Dougherty William Turner John Aloysius Duffy John Francis O'Hara Joseph Aloysius Burke James Aloysius McNulty Edward Dennis Head Henry Joseph Mansell Edward Urban Kmiec Richard Joseph Malone Michael William Fisher Auxiliary bishops Joseph Aloysius Burke Leo Richard Smith Pius Anthony Benincasa Stanislaus Joseph Brzana Bernard Joseph McLaughlin Donald Walter Trautman Edward M. Grosz
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