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Michael Cox (independent bishop)

January 21, 2023

This article is about the independent Catholic bishop. For the Anglican archbishop, see Michael Cox (archbishop of Cashel).

Michael Cox (born 1945 or 1946) is an Irish independent bishop.[1] He is a well-known member of the Independent Catholic movement in Ireland[1] and is also known for ordaining the singer Sinéad O'Connor.[2] He is the founder and bishop superior of the Irish Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church.[2]

Early life

Cox was an Irish soldier and a Dún Laoghaire harbour policeman.[2][3]

Ministry

Cox was consecrated as a bishop in 1978 by Ciarán Broadbery,[4][5][a][b] who in turn was consecrated in 1977 by Clemente Domínguez y Gómez of the independent Palmarian Catholic Church.[4][5] Domínguez was consecrated in January 1976 by Catholic Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục.[8] In September 1976, Thục, and those he had ordained, were excommunicated from the Catholic Church.[9][10]

Cox offered Tridentine Masses at Monkstown, County Dublin, in the mid-1980s.[2]

Cox's church is St Coleman's, in the townland of Cree near Birr, County Offaly.[1][2][c]

In May 1998, Cox consecrated a Catholic priest, Patrick Buckley, as a bishop. In June 1998, Jim Cantwell, director of the Irish Catholic Press and Information Office, said that Cox's consecration of Buckley was valid but illicit.[12] However, the Catholic Media Office of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales later "said that it doubts that the bishop's episcopal consecration is valid".[13]

In April 1999, Cox ordained female rock singer Sinéad O'Connor as a priest. Her ordination ceremony, after six weeks of theological study, was held in a Lourdes hotel bedroom. O'Connor then assumed the religious name of "Mother Bernadette Mary".[14] Though Catholic magisterium holds this ordination as invalid.[15]

In 2001, Cox planned to convert his 75-foot (23 m) commercial fishing trawler, called The Little Bishop, into "a mobile floating church, offering on-board marriages and baptisms to people around the British Isles."[16] Cox planned to protest against the ship being sailed into Ireland by the pro-choice feminist group Women on Waves.[16] In 2004, Cox's 84-foot (26 m) trawler, called The Patriarch, caught fire while underway and sank.[3][17]

In 2011, Cox was a candidate in the general election for the Laois–Offaly constituency, coming last with 60 votes.[18][19] In 2013, a District Court judge requested that the Garda Síochána investigate a marriage conducted by Cox for a 17-year-old Traveller youth and his partner.[20] Civil marriages in Ireland require that the participants are over 18, or have a Court Exemption Order if this is not the case.[21] Cox states that such weddings conducted by him are religious, not civil, so there is no religious reason why somebody 16 years old should not get married.[22]

I recognise their [Traveller] customs and appreciate them. Anyone who asks why I do what I do- I tell them that I make it clear the wedding ceremony is purely religious. I do not register marriage with the state.

— Michael Cox[22]

Cox insists on parental consent and parents being present at the ceremony.[22]

Notes

  1. ^ This 1978 date is contradicted by Joe Humphreys, on irishtimes.com, who wrote that Cox was consecrated a bishop in 1992.[2]
  2. ^ In 2004, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), replied to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, archbishop of Westminster, about a request by Broadbery for declaration on the nullity of his ordination. Ratzinger wrote that the CDF decreed in the 1983 notification on "the illicit ordinations of El Palmar de Troya" and does not address "the particulars of individual ordinations".[6] Ratzinger requested that Murphy-O'Connor communicate a prescript to Broadbery from the 1983 notification.[6] The CDF prescript "as regards those who have already received ordination in this illicit manner, or who will perhaps receive ordination from them, whatever about the validity of the orders, the Church does not nor shall it recognize their ordination, and as regards all juridical effects, it considers them in the state which each one had previously, and the above-mentioned penal sanctions remain in force until repentance."[6][7]
  3. ^ Cox's church is a former Church of Ireland church building at 53°03′46″N 7°51′39″W / 53.0627°N 7.8608°W / 53.0627; -7.8608.[11][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Pogatchnik, Shawn (16 February 1997). "Rogue bishop offers pay-by-the-call phone confessions". seattletimes.nwsource.com. Seattle Times Company Network. Associated Press. from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Humphreys, Joe (27 April 1999). "Ordination conducted by Tridentine bishop once of harbour police". irishtimes.com. Dublin: The Irish Times. from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Irish floating church sinks in flames". smh.com.au. Sydney Morning Herald. Associated Press. 2 September 2004. from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b Buckley, Patrick (2005). A sexual life, a spiritual life: a painful journey to inner peace (autobiography). Dublin: Liffey Press. pp. 186–187. ISBN 9781904148685. Here Ciarán Broadbery is spelled "Kieran Broadberry".
  5. ^ a b Jones, Rob Angus (2012). Independent sacramental bishops: ordination, authority, lineage, and validity (Kindle ed.). Berkeley: Apocryphile Press. Kindle locations 1583–1588. ISBN 9781937002237.
  6. ^ a b c Ratzinger, Joseph (28 January 2004). . Letter to Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. Vatican City. Prot. N. 83/82-18350. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016 – via ciaranbroadbery.ie. Here Ciarán Broadbery is spelled "Kieran Broadberry".
  7. ^ Catholic Church. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (12 March 1983). "Notification". L'Osservatore Romano (English ed.). Vatican City (published 18 April 1983). p. 12. from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2016 – via vatican.va.
  8. ^ Howse, Christopher (18 February 2006). "Sacred mysteries". Personal view. telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  9. ^ Twomey, Vincent (27 April 1999). "Difficult theological questions raised by O'Connor 'ordination' ". irishtimes.com. Dublin: The Irish Times. from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  10. ^ Catholic Church. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (17 September 1976). "Decree concerning certain unlawful priestly and episcopal ordinations". L'Osservatore Romano (English ed.). Vatican City (published 30 September 1976). p. 1. from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2016 – via vatican.va.
  11. ^ Government of Ireland. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. "Saint Colman's Church of Ireland Church, County Offaly". buildingsofireland.ie (database record). Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  12. ^ O'Sullivan, Roddy (15 June 1998). "Excommunication follows after priest is made a bishop". irishtimes.com. Dublin: The Irish Times. from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Home news". The Tablet. London. 5 September 1998. p. 29. ISSN 0039-8837. from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  14. ^ "O'Connor becomes a 'priest'", BBC, 4 May 1999.
  15. ^ John Paul II. "Ordinato Sacerdotalis". vatican.va.
  16. ^ a b . tcm.ie. Cork, IE: Thomas Crosbie Media Archives. The Kingdom. 12 June 2001. Archived from the original on 1 January 2005.
  17. ^ "Sinking of 'holy ship' halts bishop's protest plan". irishtimes.com. Dublin. 2 September 2004. from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  18. ^ Laois-Offaly - 2011 Candidates 2011-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, RTÉ News, 25 February 2011.
  19. ^ "Rebel bishop runs in Laois–Offaly". Leinster Express. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  20. ^ Deegan, Gordon (19 December 2013). "Judge directs that 'renegade' bishop be investigated for marriage he allegedly performed involving a 17-year-old". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  21. ^ "Legal prerequisites for marriage". Citizens Information Board. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  22. ^ a b c Doorley, Julienne; Lynch, David (10 November 2008). (PDF). Voice of Travellers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

External links

  • Seventh Lineage (Thuc Consecrations) - Outline of Episcopi Vagantes (self published and does not name sources – shows consecration of Cox and consecrations by Cox)
  • at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 October 2011) (self published and does not name sources – shows both the first 1998 consecration of Buckley by Cox and the second 1999 conditional consecration by Brennan)

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This article is about the independent Catholic bishop For the Anglican archbishop see Michael Cox archbishop of Cashel Michael Cox born 1945 or 1946 is an Irish independent bishop 1 He is a well known member of the Independent Catholic movement in Ireland 1 and is also known for ordaining the singer Sinead O Connor 2 He is the founder and bishop superior of the Irish Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church 2 Contents 1 Early life 2 Ministry 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksEarly life EditCox was an Irish soldier and a Dun Laoghaire harbour policeman 2 3 Ministry EditCox was consecrated as a bishop in 1978 by Ciaran Broadbery 4 5 a b who in turn was consecrated in 1977 by Clemente Dominguez y Gomez of the independent Palmarian Catholic Church 4 5 Dominguez was consecrated in January 1976 by Catholic Archbishop Ngo Đinh Thục 8 In September 1976 Thục and those he had ordained were excommunicated from the Catholic Church 9 10 Cox offered Tridentine Masses at Monkstown County Dublin in the mid 1980s 2 Cox s church is St Coleman s in the townland of Cree near Birr County Offaly 1 2 c In May 1998 Cox consecrated a Catholic priest Patrick Buckley as a bishop In June 1998 Jim Cantwell director of the Irish Catholic Press and Information Office said that Cox s consecration of Buckley was valid but illicit 12 However the Catholic Media Office of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales later said that it doubts that the bishop s episcopal consecration is valid 13 In April 1999 Cox ordained female rock singer Sinead O Connor as a priest Her ordination ceremony after six weeks of theological study was held in a Lourdes hotel bedroom O Connor then assumed the religious name of Mother Bernadette Mary 14 Though Catholic magisterium holds this ordination as invalid 15 In 2001 Cox planned to convert his 75 foot 23 m commercial fishing trawler called The Little Bishop into a mobile floating church offering on board marriages and baptisms to people around the British Isles 16 Cox planned to protest against the ship being sailed into Ireland by the pro choice feminist group Women on Waves 16 In 2004 Cox s 84 foot 26 m trawler called The Patriarch caught fire while underway and sank 3 17 In 2011 Cox was a candidate in the general election for the Laois Offaly constituency coming last with 60 votes 18 19 In 2013 a District Court judge requested that the Garda Siochana investigate a marriage conducted by Cox for a 17 year old Traveller youth and his partner 20 Civil marriages in Ireland require that the participants are over 18 or have a Court Exemption Order if this is not the case 21 Cox states that such weddings conducted by him are religious not civil so there is no religious reason why somebody 16 years old should not get married 22 I recognise their Traveller customs and appreciate them Anyone who asks why I do what I do I tell them that I make it clear the wedding ceremony is purely religious I do not register marriage with the state Michael Cox 22 Cox insists on parental consent and parents being present at the ceremony 22 Notes Edit This 1978 date is contradicted by Joe Humphreys on irishtimes com who wrote that Cox was consecrated a bishop in 1992 2 In 2004 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith CDF replied to Cardinal Cormac Murphy O Connor archbishop of Westminster about a request by Broadbery for declaration on the nullity of his ordination Ratzinger wrote that the CDF decreed in the 1983 notification on the illicit ordinations of El Palmar de Troya and does not address the particulars of individual ordinations 6 Ratzinger requested that Murphy O Connor communicate a prescript to Broadbery from the 1983 notification 6 The CDF prescript as regards those who have already received ordination in this illicit manner or who will perhaps receive ordination from them whatever about the validity of the orders the Church does not nor shall it recognize their ordination and as regards all juridical effects it considers them in the state which each one had previously and the above mentioned penal sanctions remain in force until repentance 6 7 Cox s church is a former Church of Ireland church building at 53 03 46 N 7 51 39 W 53 0627 N 7 8608 W 53 0627 7 8608 11 1 References Edit a b c d Pogatchnik Shawn 16 February 1997 Rogue bishop offers pay by the call phone confessions seattletimes nwsource com Seattle Times Company Network Associated Press Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 Retrieved 14 April 2016 a b c d e f Humphreys Joe 27 April 1999 Ordination conducted by Tridentine bishop once of harbour police irishtimes com Dublin The Irish Times Archived from the original on 27 March 2016 Retrieved 28 March 2016 a b Irish floating church sinks in flames smh com au Sydney Morning Herald Associated Press 2 September 2004 Archived from the original on 29 March 2016 Retrieved 29 March 2016 a b Buckley Patrick 2005 A sexual life a spiritual life a painful journey to inner peace autobiography Dublin Liffey Press pp 186 187 ISBN 9781904148685 Here Ciaran Broadbery is spelled Kieran Broadberry a b Jones Rob Angus 2012 Independent sacramental bishops ordination authority lineage and validity Kindle ed Berkeley Apocryphile Press Kindle locations 1583 1588 ISBN 9781937002237 a b c Ratzinger Joseph 28 January 2004 Reply about request by Ciaran Broadbery for declaration on the nullity of his ordination Letter to Cormac Murphy O Connor Vatican City Prot N 83 82 18350 Archived from the original on 27 March 2016 Retrieved 29 March 2016 via ciaranbroadbery ie Here Ciaran Broadbery is spelled Kieran Broadberry Catholic Church Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 12 March 1983 Notification L Osservatore Romano English ed Vatican City published 18 April 1983 p 12 Archived from the original on 4 January 2012 Retrieved 29 March 2016 via vatican va Howse Christopher 18 February 2006 Sacred mysteries Personal view telegraph co uk The Telegraph Archived from the original on 26 March 2016 Retrieved 18 March 2016 Twomey Vincent 27 April 1999 Difficult theological questions raised by O Connor ordination irishtimes com Dublin The Irish Times Archived from the original on 27 March 2016 Retrieved 29 March 2016 Catholic Church Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 17 September 1976 Decree concerning certain unlawful priestly and episcopal ordinations L Osservatore Romano English ed Vatican City published 30 September 1976 p 1 Archived from the original on 4 January 2012 Retrieved 29 March 2016 via vatican va Government of Ireland National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Saint Colman s Church of Ireland Church County Offaly buildingsofireland ie database record Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht Archived from the original on 31 March 2016 Retrieved 29 March 2016 O Sullivan Roddy 15 June 1998 Excommunication follows after priest is made a bishop irishtimes com Dublin The Irish Times Archived from the original on 28 March 2016 Retrieved 29 March 2016 Home news The Tablet London 5 September 1998 p 29 ISSN 0039 8837 Archived from the original on 19 March 2016 Retrieved 19 March 2016 O Connor becomes a priest BBC 4 May 1999 John Paul II Ordinato Sacerdotalis vatican va a b Bishop pledges to sail from Fenit to block abortion boat tcm ie Cork IE Thomas Crosbie Media Archives The Kingdom 12 June 2001 Archived from the original on 1 January 2005 Sinking of holy ship halts bishop s protest plan irishtimes com Dublin 2 September 2004 Archived from the original on 2 April 2016 Retrieved 2 April 2016 Laois Offaly 2011 Candidates Archived 2011 02 28 at the Wayback Machine RTE News 25 February 2011 Rebel bishop runs in Laois Offaly Leinster Express 9 February 2011 Retrieved 25 March 2016 Deegan Gordon 19 December 2013 Judge directs that renegade bishop be investigated for marriage he allegedly performed involving a 17 year old Irish Independent Retrieved 28 March 2016 Legal prerequisites for marriage Citizens Information Board 26 January 2016 Retrieved 28 March 2016 a b c Doorley Julienne Lynch David 10 November 2008 The Happy Couple PDF Voice of Travellers Archived from the original PDF on 29 March 2016 Retrieved 28 March 2016 External links EditSeventh Lineage Thuc Consecrations Outline of Episcopi Vagantes self published and does not name sources shows consecration of Cox and consecrations by Cox Bishop Pat s episcopal lineage at the Wayback Machine archived 3 October 2011 self published and does not name sources shows both the first 1998 consecration of Buckley by Cox and the second 1999 conditional consecration by Brennan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Cox independent bishop amp oldid 1120459382, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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