 Devlin was also bestowed with the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar, and as such, was later entered into the Roll of Recipients of the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour in 2008.Bishop Emeritus Devlin died at the age of 89, in the early morning of 15 December 2010 at the Cathedral's Clergy House.By noon his body had been moved to St. Theresa's Church by Monsignors Paul Bear and Charlie Azzopardi and other clergy, escorted by two riders of the Royal Gibraltar Police, where his body lay in state until his funeral.