James Buckley (priest)

The Ven. James Rice Buckley , BD  (28 January 1849 – 8 September 1924) was Archdeacon of Llandaff from 1913  until his death.

He was educated at Carmarthen Grammar School and St David's College, Lampeter; and ordained in 1872. After a curacy in Neath he was Vicar of Llandaff from 1878 to 1913. He was later a Surrogate  for the Diocese of Llandaff ; then its Rural Dean.

There is a statue of him on Llandaff’s Cathedral Green.