John Crowley (bishop)

Styles of
John Crowley
Reference style The Right Reverend
Spoken style Your Lordship
Religious style Bishop

John Patrick Crowley (born 23 June 1941, 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.

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 Code of Canon Law ("because of illness or some other grave reason") in May 2007.[3]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Catholic Herald: Bishop of Middlesbrough retires 10 years early because of ill health, 11 May 2007
  2. 1 2 Homily by Crowley at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Wanstead, 8 December 2011
  3. ↑ Vatican Information Service, 3 May 2007

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Augustine Harris		 Bishop of Middlesbrough
1992–2007 		Succeeded by
Terence Patrick Drainey


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