Charles Dufour was ordained on 12 August 1970 and appointed Parochial Vicar in such circumstances that he served the Churches of the Holy Rosary and St Joseph.
13 Facts About Charles Dufour
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Charles Dufour moved to the Churches of St Benedict, the African Martyrs of Uganda and Christ the King in 1972 where he served for some ten years as Pastor of the respective parish.
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Charles Dufour was, for some time between 1982 and 1996, Pastor of Christ the King Church in August Town.
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Charles Dufour's express focus in these roles was youth, the poor and the marginalised, as seen in having been the founding Chairman of Harbour View's public secondary school, Donald Quarrie High.
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On 18 December 1983, Dufour was awarded the Jamaican Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation; on 18 April 1991 he was appointed an Honorary Prelate of His Holiness and in 1993 he was Chairman of the Organising Committee for Pope John Paul II's visit to the island.
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On 6 December 1995, it was announced that Charles Dufour was elected by John Paul to be the second Bishop of Montego Bay, after His Holiness had promoted Edgerton Clarke as Archbishop of Kingston the previous year.
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In 2006 Charles Dufour was honoured by his country as a Commander of the Order of Distinction.
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Charles Dufour remained in this role until this ceased two days short of two years in, when Neil Tiedemann, CP, took possession of his appointed Diocese during his Ordination as Bishop.
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On 15 April 2011 it was announced that Charles Dufour was himself promoted, by Benedict, as the sixth Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, after His Holiness had accepted the resignation of Donald Reece.
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At any rate, Charles Dufour remains the only Bishop who has ever been named personally to all three Dioceses in Jamaica in an official capacity.
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Charles Dufour has been Vice-President of the National Committee for Justice and Peace and Unity.
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Charles Dufour has remained active for having been so active: he enjoys mountaineering and has practised several times on the Blue Mountain Peak.
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Finally, as when a day is over, Charles Dufour relaxes to music; it is presumably with that genre that he was somewhat familiar in high school.