Diocese of Montego Bay On 6 December 1995, it was announced that Dufour was elected by John Paul to be the second Bishop of
Montego Bay, after His Holiness had promoted
Edgerton Roland Clarke as Archbishop of Kingston the previous year. He was ordained by Clarke on 10 February, with the latter's immediate predecessor Archbishop
Samuel Carter,
SJ, and Bishop Paul Michael Boyle,
CP, then
Vicar Apostolic of
Mandeville, as the
principal co-consecrators. His social engagement over the next fifteen years would include: • the
Peace Management Initiative, of which he was the first chairman (March 2003 – February 2008) • the
Parliamentary Salaries Commission • the
Police (Civilian Oversight) Authority (PCOA), of which he was appointed Chairman in 2008 by
Governor-General Sir
Kenneth O. Hall • the
Good Shepherd Foundation, of his own establishment and patronage On a visit to
Ghana in July 1997 Bishop Dufour ordained several Priests and met
Opoku Ware II, then leader of the
Ashanti peoples, who kissed the Bishop's hand in welcome and out of respect. In 2006 Dufour was
honoured by his country as a Commander of the Order of Distinction. On 8 August of the same year he was appointed
Apostolic Administrator of Mandeville by Pope
Benedict XVI, because His Holiness had on that day accepted the early resignation of Bishop
Gordon Bennett, SJ. 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.
Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica On 15 April 2011 it was announced that Dufour was himself promoted, by Benedict, as the sixth Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, after His Holiness had accepted the resignation of
Donald Reece (which was announced in the same release). The Archbishop-designate took possession of his appointed Archdiocese during his installation on 16 June. In this way as well his social engagement continued, at least with reference to the PCOA and up to 2012, since he continued as its Chairman by re-appointment from Governor-General Sir
Patrick Allen.
Resignation On 29 April 2016, four days after a year passed since Dufour turned 75 and submitted his resignation, it was announced that Pope
Francis accepted it and promoted Bishop
Kenneth Richards of
St John's–Basseterre as the seventh Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica. Now, until Archbishop-designate Richards takes possession of his appointed Archdiocese on 6 July, Dufour is automatically its Diocesan Administrator. But it was also announced that Francis appointed Bishop Tiedemann an
Auxiliary of
Brooklyn. Thus, with Mandeville vacant, once more Dufour was appointed its Apostolic Administrator. He has written of being the “Administrator-Elect” and of being “installed” in that Diocese on 7 July, which suggests change in its jurisdiction, but it may simply reflect the fact that his first time in this role
ad hoc was lengthy. At any rate, Dufour remains the only Bishop who has ever been named personally to all three Dioceses in Jamaica in an official capacity. ==Personal life==