The Bishop of Clogher, Bishop Larry Duffy, has paid tribute to the late Canon Joe Mullin, retired Parish Priest of Aghalurcher (Lisnaskea-Maguiresbridge), Co Fermanagh, who died yesterday at the age of 81.
Canon Joseph Mullin was born on the 23rd of April 1943, the son of the late Joe and Winifred (nee Traynor). The family home was outside the town of Fintona, Co. Tyrone. Educated at Kingstreet Primary School, Fintona and St. Patrick's in Armagh. He studied for the Priesthood at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, after which he was ordained on the 16th of June 1968.
In his tribute, Bishop Duffy noted the many pastoral gifts which Canon Mullin brought to his ministry as a priest of the diocese.
He said that Canon Mullin reached out to people wherever they were and brought to them the love and tenderness of God's grace and mercy. Throughout his priestly service in parishes as geographically diverse as Bundoran, Carrickmacross, Enniskillen and Monaghan - and for 25 years in Lisnaskea and Maguiresbridge, he proclaimed the love of Christ for all.
Bishop Duffy said Canon Joe was also a man who gave of himself to the stewardship of the wider Diocese of Clogher as a member of various Councils and Committees and as a Canon of the Diocesan Chapter, where his wise counsel was always sought and greatly valued. Canon Joe is reposing in Holy Cross Church, Lisnaskea today until 8pm. His funeral mass will be celebrated tomorrow at 11am followed by burial in Fintona Cemetery
