James Buckley (priest)

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]

References

1. Deaths The Times (London, England), Saturday, Sep 13, 1924; pg. 14; Issue 43756
2. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 02, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40306
3. The Victorian Web
4. ‘BUCKLEY, Ven. James Rice’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 10 Feb 2014
5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
6. ’The Diocese of Llandaff’ Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), Thursday, August 14, 1879; Issue 3203
7. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 22, 1895; pg. 11; Issue 34531
8. BBC Wales

Church in Wales titles
Preceded by Frederic William Edmondes	Archdeacon of Llandaff 1913–1924	Succeeded by David Davies