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.
[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 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, graduating with a Master of Divinity degree.
[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.
Coffey's final assignment as a naval chaplain was assistant chief of staff for religious ministry at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in California.