The body of the late former Bishop of Mongu Diocese Emeritus Paul Duffy has arrived in Mongu in readiness for burial today at the grounds of the Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral.
The body of deceased Bishop Emeritus Duffy, who died in the United States of America (USA) on August 23, 2011, arrived in Mongu at 14:00hours.
Short funeral services were conducted in Kaoma and Nalwei areas before the cortege arrived in Mongu this afternoon.
A walk service, which was led by the current Bishop of Mongu Diocese Evans Chinyemba, was conducted from Kambule Technical High School on the Mongu Lusaka road, about two kilometers to the Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral.
Thousands of Mongu residents, mostly Catholics, lined up from Kambule Technical High Schoo all the way to the Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral with some breaking down as the hearse carrying the late Bishop Duffy’s body drove past.
The procession from Kambule Technical High School to the Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral took half an hour while the St. John’s secondary School brass band provided solemn music under police escort.
The walk service procession was followed by a brief prayer service of reception conducted by Bishop Chinyemba.
Bishop Chinyemba said in his prayer service message that the late Bishop Duffy followed the way of Jesus Christ and evangelized as required.
He called on all Catholics and other people who gathered at Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral to remember Bishop Emeritus Duffy in their prayers so that he could find eternal life.
The prayer service was concluded by a body viewing before a vigil mass at 20:00 hours this evening.
The body of the 79 year old clergyman will lay in state at the Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral tonight and a burial service will be conducted tomorrow from night hours in the morning.
Vice President George Kunda and other senior government officials are expected to attend the burial service tomorrow.
Opposition Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata attended the service at the Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral.
Bishop Emeritus Paul Duffy was born on July 25th, 1932 in Norwood, Massachusetts in the USA and joined the congregation of Oblates Mary Immaculate (OML) in 1952.
The late Bishop Emeritus Duffy was ordained as a priest on December 22. 1962.
He was appointed Bishop of Mongu Diocese on 14th June 1997 and received his Episcopal ordination as first Bishop of Mongu Diocese on August 31st, 1997.
Bishop Emeritus Duffy retired in February this year and was succeeded by Bishop Evans Chinyemba who took over as Bishop of Mongu Diocese on May 28, 2011.
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“He called on all Catholics and other people who gathered at Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral to remember Bishop Emeritus Duffy in their prayers so that he could find eternal life.”
If he did not find eternal life, then all those whom he baptised, confirmed and absolved of sins, are still in their sins!
There are no burial sites in the US of A? Anyway, we have been accomodating refugees from all over the region, we can accomodate one muzungu refugee even in his death.
Chinyoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo chanoko.
takwaba impanga kumwabo,try sea.
Ulefwaya tukamushike pamubile pali noko?
No.3 grow up
Yes # 3 plse grow up and start thinking like a grown up person!!!
It is done…it is over. Let this man of God rest in peace.
# 3 you’re are a Satanist,sadist with no manners…Grow up! Ulichipuba sana..
Why force a child to grow if you are a nkotizo? #4 and 5 are you octogenerians? Pa Zambia we pride ourselves in freedom of speech which I think he eluded you two retards.
Iwe Buk*la bobe why are you refusingt to grow up? You desparately need dosage of some maturity
Pabwato.com showing typical kaponya behaviour from the streets of Buchi and Kamitondo. Grow up yourself chee colour and learn to accept divergent views you full with your f.oolish party.
#3 Don’t comment on things you don’t understand… Ask someone knows how the catholic Church function on the death of a Bishop.
No.3 keep your silly jokes to yourself.
# 3u are right..exactly..why didn’t they bury him in Dublin where his relatives will keep on cleaning the gravesite..!PF won’t make it still..
wiso itoleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Lady Gaga or gogo or whatever you call your silly self, it is not my fault that you have grown up being silly all your life you cheap goat.
Rest in peace man of God, you run your race so well and us who remain will take a leaf from your life. Paul Duffy was a brave and courageous man who championed the cause of democracy and human rights. He was a voice of the poor and the oppressed, He work is a demonstration of his selfless leadership.
May God Receive him.
He was a man who stood up against what was wrong, when we had no courage to do that! He will be missed in by most in western province and its an honour he chose to be laid in Mongu.
no 3. obviously stupidity runs in your family.
BREAKING NEWS: DEVELOPING STORY: Latest: The Chicken Fr Frank Bwalya killed at a pf rally in mufulira has been eated at the funeral of bishop p. duffy
WEMWANA WAMBWA IWE….NOKO UKUNUNKA.
#3 ur a chi colour
The Bishop is being mourned and buried by his flock, #3 who will mourn and bury you??? From the way you sound, it seems yours will be a flying coffin straight to hell, wendoshi iwe!!
#18 uli wabufi, the braii was in mufulira on saturday. May the soul of the man of God Paul Duffy rest in eternal peace. Yes he is being burried by his flock, he is patriotic even in his death. God give us more like him, AMEN!!!!
No.3.FIRSTLY U UR A FOOL 2 START JOKING/MOCKING ZE DEAD.U LL ALSO FIND YOSELF IN ZAT STATE 1DAY.SECONDLY STOP USING IN COMING PRESIDENT’S NAME IN YO STUPIDNES TALKS.THE BODY VIEWING IS YOURS
No. 3, 14 (The Late Chilufya Michael Sata) and No 18 (DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, DON’T KUBEBA) disconnect yourselves from this blog: No 3 et al for your language and No 18 for your language mishaps ……. “Latest: The Chicken Fr Frank Bwalya killed at a pf rally in mufulira has been eated (sic) at the funeral of bishop p. duffy” What the hell are you talking about? Bring serious issues here!
Crawl back under the rock from whence you came you eejit number 3. Just because the man was white and a priest, you think he’s Irish; doh! you obviously haven’t read the article. Secondly as he was Bishop of Mongu, he should be buried there. If he wasn’t the same retarded fool who made that statement would complain. Seriously, why do some Zambians have to act like monkeys. You’re talking about a dead person who did more to speak up for the underprivileged in our country and you decide to act like a freaking bufoon. Fooken eejit. Go and educate yourself and if you do not have anything constructive to say, nkala zee: It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt
Didnt know the Bishop. MHRIP.