John Crowley (bishop)

Styles of
John Crowley

Reference style| The Right Reverend
Spoken style| My Lord
Religious style| Bishop

John Patrick Crowley (born 23 June 1941 in Newbury, England) is a retired Roman Catholic bishop of Diocese of Middlesbrough, England, who carries the honorary title of Bishop Emeritus.

He was ordained a priest in 1965, and, as secretary to Cardinal Basil Hume, was appointed an auxiliary bishop, as titular Bishop of Tala, for the Archdiocese of Westminster, in 1986. In this post he had particular oversight of the diocese's parishes in Central London. On 3 November 1992 he became the 6th Bishop of Middlesbrough.

Crowley delivered the homily at the requiem for Cardinal Hume in Westminster Cathedral in June 1999.

In June 2001 Crowley agreed to celebrate Mass at a service of thanksgiving for a 25-year homosexual partnership between two Catholics, but withdrew at the last minute after a telephone call from Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, who reportedly asked him not to attend. There was further controversy in 2005 when, during a radio interview, Crowley expressed the hope that married priests might be allowed in the Church within his lifetime.[1]

His resignation from his post ten years before the customary date, which he said was due to the toll of pressures of leadership in a particularly challenging era for the Church,[1][2] was accepted by the Holy See in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law ("because of illness or some other grave reason") in May 2007.[3]

As of 2012[update] he was based in the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, in Wanstead, London[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b Catholic Herald: Bishop of Middlesbrough retires 10 years early because of ill health, 11 May 2007
2. ^ a b Homily by Crowley at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes,
3. ^ Vatican Information Service, 3 May 2007

## External links

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* Catholic Hierarchy Website Entry
* COMECE Entry (in German)

Catholic Church titles

Preceded by

Augustine Harris

|  Bishop of Middlesbrough
1992–2007  | Succeeded by

Terry Drainey

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough

* Bishops of Middlesbrough

* I: Richard Lacy
* II: Thomas Shine
* III: George Brunner
* IV: John McClean
* V: Augustine Harris
* VI: John Crowley (Bishop Emeritus)
* VII: Terry Drainey

* Churches

* Middlesbrough Cathedral \- Cathedral Church of St Mary

* The Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Grace
* St John of Beverley Church, Beverley
* Our Lady and St Peter's Church, Bridlington
* Ss Mary & Everilda, Everingham
* St Charles Borromeo, Hull
* Ss Leonard & Mary, Malton
* Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough
* St Clare of Assisi, Middlesbrough
* St Bernadette's, Nunthorpe
* St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church, Richmond
* St Peter's Church, Scarborough
* Ss Mary and Romuald, Yarm
* English Martyrs Church, York
* York Oratory
* St George's Church, York

* Patronal Feasts of the Diocese

* Our Lady of Perpetual Help (27 June)
* Saint Wilfrid (12 October)

* Schools

* Ampleforth College
* All Saints Roman Catholic School, York
* Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary
* St Augustine's Catholic School
* St Francis Xavier School, North Yorkshire
* St Mary's College, Hull
* St Patrick's Catholic College
* St Peter's Catholic College, South Bank
* Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough

* See also:

* Ampleforth Abbey
* Bar Convent
* More House
* Stanbrook Abbey
* Thicket Priory
* Diocese of Beverley

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