Jeremiah Joseph Coffey (1 January 1933 – 19 November 2014) was the seventh Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sale, Australia,[1] serving from 1989 until his retirement in 2008.
[2] On 8 April 1989, Pope John Paul II appointed Coffey as the seventh Bishop of Sale.
The co-consecrators were his predecessor, Archbishop Eric D'Arcy of Hobart together with Bishop David Cremin, who was also a student of All Hallows.
[2] In 2003, Coffey removed Father John Speekman as priest of the parish of Morwell over allegations of bullying.
[5][6] In 2011, the Vatican ruled finally in favour of Coffey,[7] ending the eight-year battle where the parish was without a permanent priest.