John Buckley (born 2 November 1939) is an Irish
Roman Catholic
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bishop. He was
Bishop of Cork and Ross
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from 1997 to 2019.
Biography
He was born in Inchigeela (Uibh Laoire parish) in west
County Cork
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. He studied for the priesthood at
St Patrick's College, Maynooth, and was ordained in 1965.
He taught on the staff of
St. Finbarr's College,
Farranferris
Farranferris was a secondary school in Cork City, Ireland. It opened in 1887, closed in 2006, and was an important institution in the twentieth century history of the city.
History Saint Finbarr’s Seminary
At the time of the Penal Laws Irish ...
, until he became its president in 1975. He worked for one year as parish priest of Turner's Cross Parish, Cork.
On 16 March 1984
John Paul II
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named Buckley an auxiliary bishop for Cork and Ross and titular bishop of
Leptis Magna
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. He was ordained to the episcopate on 29 April 1984.
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On 19 December 1997, John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Cork and Ross. He had been the diocesan administrator since the death of Bishop Michael Murphy in October 1996. Buckley was installed as Bishop of Cork and Ross at the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne, Cork, on 8 February 1998.
He is an accomplished road bowler.]Pope Francis
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accepted his resignation on 8 April 2019.[
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References
External links
Catholic-Hierarchy:John Buckley
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1939 births
Living people
Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
Roman Catholic bishops of Cork and Ross
Irish road bowling players