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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.

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, 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.

As of 2012 he was based in the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, in Wanstead, London

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Preceded byAugustine Harris	Bishop of Middlesbrough 1992–2007	Succeeded byTerry Drainey

v t e 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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