Bernard Patrick Devlin

Early life and education Devlin was born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, on 10 March 1921, the only son of Richard and Mary (née Hill). His education began in 1927 at the Loreto Convent in Youghal and he later attended the Christian Brothers School in 1933. Devlin finished completed his schooling in 1939 at the Cistercian College in Dublin and concluded his ecclesiastical studies in 1945 at the Pontifical Beda College in Liverpool.

Priesthood Devlin was ordained a priest on 9 December 1945 at the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth, United Kingdom. He arrived in Gibraltar on 29 June 1946.

Devlin was appointed Parish Priest of St. Theresa's Church in 1974 and Vicar General of the diocese in 1975. and this was later confirmed on 14 November of that year.

Devlin was also bestowed with the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar,

Death Bishop Emeritus Devlin died at the age of 89, in the early morning of 15 December 2010 at the cathedral's Clergy House.

Bishop Emeritus Devlin's death came just two months after the death of his successor as Bishop of Gibraltar, Charles Caruana.