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Pat Buckley (2 May 1952 – 17 May 2024) was an Irish independent Catholic bishop and former Catholic priest who was excommunicated from the Church. [1] [2] As a Catholic priest, he ministered to Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners during the 1981 Irish hunger strike, including their leader, Bobby Sands.
May 17, 2024 · Pat Buckley, a controversial and outspoken independent Catholic bishop who was convicted of conducting sham marriages, has died at the age of 72.
May 26, 2024 · Pat Buckley, the controversial independent Catholic priest and then bishop who has died at the age of 72, was one of the most outspoken individuals in the clerical world.
- Deaglán de Bréadún
May 26, 2024 · The partner of late independent bishop Pat Buckley has said he was made a “better person” by his relationship with the controversial cleric.
- Christopher Woodhouse
May 17, 2024 · The rebel Irish Bishop, who was a thorn in the side of the Catholic Church for almost 50 years, has died. Bishop Pat Buckley passed away peacefully at his Co Antrim home on May 17, after a short...
May 17, 2024 · One of the north’s most high-profile and controversial clerics, Pat Buckley has died, aged 72. The outspoken former Catholic priest passed away on Friday following a short illness.
May 22, 2024 · Bishop Pat Buckley, who has died aged 72, was a self-styled independent Catholic priest. The Church described Buckley’s episcopal consecration as “valid but not licit”. To his fans, he...
