{{short description|Irish former Roman Catholic prelate (born 1939)|bot = PearBOT 5}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2018}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | name = John Buckley | title = [[Bishop of Cork and Ross|Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross]] | image = | alt = | caption = | church = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] | archdiocese = | diocese = | see = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross|Cork and Ross]] | predecessor = [[Michael Murphy (bishop)|Michael Murphy]] | successor = [[Fintan Gavin]] <!-- Orders -->| ordination = 20 June 1965 | ordained_by = [[Cornelius Lucey]] | consecration = 29 April 1984 | consecrated_by = Michael Murphy | rank = <!-- Personal details --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|11|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Inchigeela]], [[County Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] | death_date = | death_place = | previous_post = [[Diocesan administrator]] of Cork and Ross<br>[[Auxiliary bishop]] of Cork and Ross<br>[[Titular bishop]] of [[Leptis Magna]]<br>Parish priest of [[Turners Cross, Cork|Turners Cross]] parish, [[Cork (city)|Cork]]<br>President of [[St Finbarr's College, Farranferris]] | motto = ''Through Mary to Jesus'' | honorific_prefix = [[The Most Reverend]], [[Doctor (title)|Dr.]] | appointed = 19 December 1997 | term_start = 8 February 1998 | term_end = 30 June 2019 | enthroned = 8 February 1998 }}
'''John Buckley''' (born 2 November 1939) is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] former [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[prelate]] who served as [[Bishop of Cork and Ross]] between 1998 and 2019.
==Early life and education== Buckley was born in Gruaige, [[Inchigeelagh|Inchigeela]], [[County Cork]] on 2 November 1939.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cronin |first=Donal |last2=O'Sullivan |first2=Anna-Marie |title=A Century in Ballingeary and Inchigeela |url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~sosul/page85.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Ballingeary and Inchigeela Local History Society}}</ref>
He is an accomplished [[Irish road bowling|road bowler]], a sport which was described as being "like a virus for which there is no cure".<ref name="riegel">{{cite news |last=Riegel |first=Ralph |date=8 April 2019 |title=Pope Francis confirms Monsignor Fintan Gavin as new Bishop of Cork & Ross |work=Irish Independent |url=https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/pope-francis-confirms-monsignor-fintan-gavin-as-new-bishop-of-cork-ross-37992657.html |accessdate=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Hogan |first=Dick |date=20 January 1998 |title=New bishop ends visit to west Cork with a score of bowls |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/new-bishop-ends-visit-to-west-cork-with-a-score-of-bowls-1.126032 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>
Buckley studied for the priesthood at [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth]], and was subsequently [[Holy orders in the Catholic Church|ordained a priest]] for the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross|Diocese of Cork and Ross]] on 20 June 1965.<ref name=":0" />
== Presbyteral ministry == Buckley taught at [[St Finbarr's College, Farranferris]], until he was subsequently appointed president of the college in 1975. He also served for one year as parish priest of [[Turners Cross, Cork|Turners Cross]] parish, [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=English |first=Eoin |date=2014-10-28 |title=Bishop of Cork and Ross to submit resignation to Pope |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20294256.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
== Episcopal ministry ==
=== Auxiliary Bishop of Cork and Ross === Buckley was appointed [[auxiliary bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross|Cork and Ross]] and [[titular bishop]] of [[Leptis Magna]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 16 March 1984. He was consecrated by the [[Bishop of Cork and Ross]], [[Michael Murphy (bishop)|Michael Murphy]], on 29 April at the [[Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-09 |title=Bishop John Buckley steps aside: An affable man, a kindly bishop |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/ourview/arid-30916374.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
Following the death of Murphy on 7 October 1996, Buckley was appointed [[diocesan administrator]] on 10 October.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 1996 |title=Bishop to administer Cork diocese |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/bishop-to-administer-cork-diocese-1.94148 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>
=== Bishop of Cork and Ross === Buckley was appointed Bishop of Cork and Ross by Pope John Paul II on 19 December 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-07 |title=Announcement on Bishop Buckley’s successor is expected |url=https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40157504.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=The Echo |language=en}}</ref>
He was installed on 8 February 1998 at the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne, Cork.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Bishop John Buckley |url=https://www.catholicbishops.ie/bishops/bishop-john-buckley/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference}}</ref>
Following his installation, Buckley did not move into the episcopal palace, continuing to live at a house in [[Turners Cross, Cork|Turners Cross]] instead.<ref name=":1" /> He is also noted for promising in 2006 to personally invite [[Pope Benedict XVI]] to Cork, were the [[Cork county hurling team|county senior hurling team]] to win a third [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland championship]] in succession, a feat which ultimately was not achieved.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Sullivan |first=Claire |date=2013-01-04 |title=A Bishop of the people |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-20218552.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
Buckley also supported calls by campaigners to make a mass grave for [[Magdalene Laundries in Ireland|Magdalene women]] at [[Sunday's Well]] more accessible to the public, which followed his call for the remains of [[Ellen Organ|Little Nellie]], considered the "unofficial patron saint of Cork", to be exhumed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ó Fátharta |first=Conall |date=2015-08-22 |title=Bishop John Buckley: Magdalene mass grave ‘must be accessible’ to public |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20349612.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
During his episcopate, Buckley also served as a member of the commission for pastoral care of the [[Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference]], and chaired its council on healthcare.<ref name=":3" />
== Retirement == In accordance with canon law, Buckley submitted his episcopal resignation to the [[Congregation for Bishops]] on his 75th birthday on 2 November 2014, but was expected to remain in the see until a successor was appointed.<ref name=":2" />
He remained in the see until the appointment of his successor, [[Fintan Gavin]], on 8 April 2019.<ref name="riegel" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Oisín |date=2019-04-08 |title=Pope Francis appoints Father Fintan Gavin as the new Bishop of Cork & Ross |url=https://catholicnews.ie/pope-francis-appoints-father-fintan-gavin-as-the-new-bishop-of-cork-ross/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Catholic News |language=en-US}}</ref>
{{Infobox bishop styles | name=John Buckley | dipstyle=[[The Most Reverend]] | offstyle=[[Your Grace]] | relstyle=[[Bishop]] | deathstyle= }}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbuckleyj.html Bishop John Buckley] on [[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]] * [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cork0.htm?focus=2468&tab=bishops Bishop John Buckley] on GCatholic
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