Joseph Devine was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Motherwell in Scotland.
16 Facts About Joseph Devine
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Joseph Devine was educated at St Ninian's School, Kirkintilloch, St Mary's College, Blairs and St Peter's College, Cardross.
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Joseph Devine was ordained priest on 29 June 1960 at the Pontifical Scots College in Rome.
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Joseph Devine was private secretary to the Archbishop of Glasgow from 1964 to 1965.
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Joseph Devine was assistant priest at St Robert Bellarmine, Pollok, Glasgow and at St Joseph's, Helensburgh.
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Joseph Devine was on staff at St Peter's College, Cardross.
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Joseph Devine served on the staff of the Episcopal Vicar for the Lay Apostolate from 1974 to 1983.
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Joseph Devine was appointed Auxiliary Bishop on 5 May 1977, aged 39.
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Joseph Devine was ordained bishop by Thomas Joseph Winning, Archbishop of Glasgow, in St Francis' Church, Gorbals, Glasgow, on 31 May 1977.
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Joseph Devine was translated to the Diocese of Motherwell on 13 May 1983, aged 45.
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The Diocese of Motherwell was a Sede Vacante until his successor, Bishop Joseph Toal, was appointed by Pope Francis on 29 April 2014 with his installation taking place on 23 June 2014 where Bishop Devine handed over the diocesan Crozier to the new bishop.
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Joseph Devine died Thursday 23 May 2019 after a short stay in Wishaw General Hospital.
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In September 2002, Bishop Devine said, "Denominational education is an enabler of sectarianism", "Roman Catholic schooling is divisive - sometimes it's a price worth paying".
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Joseph Devine justified the remarks by saying "The Catholic community believes that with denominational schooling comes the creation of a common set of values - a coherent system that has the academic curriculum and moral and spiritual life in tandem".
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Joseph Devine harshly criticised the decision to honour Sir Ian McKellen for his work for equality and, by way of illustrating the advances made by gays, pointed out that Oscar Wilde had been incarcerated following conviction for violating the gross indecency statute.
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In 2007, Bishop Joseph Devine further stated that he would close the Roman Catholic adoption agencies rather than be legally coerced into helping same-sex couples to adopt children, and earlier in the year suggested that homosexual men and women were not fit to teach in classrooms.