Monsignor Michael Buckley
Title:
Monsignor
First Name:
Michael
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Preferred Name:
Surname:
Buckley
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Listowel, Co Kerry
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
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Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Junee NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Junee NSW
Country of Burial:
Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Albury | 1881 | 1882 | Linane Vol 1 | |||||
| Sydney | Wagga Wagga | 1882 | 1886 | Linane Vol 1 | |||||
| Sydney | Junee | 1887 | 1901 | Linane Vol 1 | |||||
| Sydney | Wagga Wagga | 1901 | 1917 | Linane Vol 1 | |||||
| Wagga Wagga | Junee | 1917 | 1920 | Linane Vol 1 |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, pp 36-37:
Buckley, Michael, Rt. Rev., V.G., Irish
For Recreation - Gun and Coursing Dogs
b. Sept. 1849 in Listowel, Co. Kerry. Parents: Patrick & Bridget (nee Hegarty); ed. Lee's School Listowel, and AH; ord. 24.6.'80. Served at Albury '81-2, Wagga '82-6 (prob.). First Pastor in Junee '87-'01. Wagga '01-'17 warming the hearth for the first bishop, Joseph Dwyer. Made a Mgr. in '07, and introduced the Christian Brothers in '14. Secretary to the Cath. Congress in Syd. ('09) for the Goul. Dioc. When Wagga became an Episcopal See, Michael returned to his former parish in Junee. Gun and coursing dogs were his diversion from the hard work of administration and visitation, and he achieved some notoriety as a sportsman. d. of pneumonia at Junee on 9.6.1920; age 70.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 9)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay, and Golden Jubilee publication of the Christian Brothers, 1869-1919.