James Buckley (priest)

Welsh archdeacon (1849–1924) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Ven. James Rice Buckley , BD (28 January 1849 – 8 September 1924)[1] was Archdeacon of Llandaff from 1913[2] until his death.[3]

He was educated at Carmarthen Grammar School[4] and St David's College, Lampeter; and ordained in 1872. After a curacy in Neath he was Vicar of Llandaff from 1878 to [5] 1913. He was later a Surrogate for the Diocese of Llandaff ;[6] then its Rural Dean.[7]

There is a statue of him on Llandaff’s Cathedral Green.[8]

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