Meet the Team

Presiding Bishop

Bishop Pat Buckley MSSC., Dip.TH.

Since 1986, Pat has conducted an independent ministry from The Oratory, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland . Generally, Bishop Pat has become the ''unofficial chaplain' to disaffected and alienated Catholics and Christians, and others, from all over Ireland and further afield.

 

Secretary - Oratory Society

Bishop's Secretary

Mrs. Carole Tierney

Carole is a busy wife and mother, was married by Bishop Pat, attends Mass at Larne and acts as Secretary of The Oratory Society.

 

 

 

 

Priest of the Oratory Society

Fr. Ted Flanagan BA., PGCSE

Father Ted was ordained for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher, Ireland in the early 1960s. Since soon after then he has ministered in England and Ireland and has taught religion to A Level. He is married to Kate, has 5 children and with Kate has specialised in the care of the mentally challenged. He assists the Bishop with marriage

 

Visiting Musician

Seamus Tansey
Seamus Tansey is a world renowned musician and regarded as one of the world's finest interpreters of the flute and of Irish Music in general. He has travelled world wide and his work is available on CD. He is a visiting musician at The Oratory and is especially known for his Christmas and Easter music and verse at Larne.

 

In Charge Of Security

Sheba and Scrapper