Alan McGuckian
- January 6, 2024
- Catholic Priest
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Alan McGuckian |
| Occupation | Catholic Priest |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 26, 1953(1953-02-26) |
| Age | 71 |
| Birthplace | Ballymena |
| Birth City | Ballymena |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Alan McGuckian Biography
| Name | Alan McGuckian |
| Birthday | Feb 26 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Place Of Birth | Ballymena |
| Home Town | Ballymena |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Alan McGuckian is one of the most popular and richest Catholic Priest who was born on February 26, 1953 in Ballymena, Ballymena, ****. Born in 1953 in Cloughmills, County Antrim, in the Diocese of Down and Connor, he is the youngest son of Brian McGuckian and Pauline (nee McKenna). His father was a successful pig farmer who, with his brothers, went on to develop the world’s biggest pig farm.
In 1992 he was appointed Director of the Jesuit Communications Centre and in that role one of his notable successes was the development of the website www.sacredspace.ie, which harnessed new technology to offer people computer resources to develop a life of prayer.
He is a gifted preacher and noted ecumenist. In 2012, he co-authored a play, ‘1912 – A Hundred Years On’, with the highly esteemed Irish Presbyterian historian Philip Orr which looked at experience of the Ulster Covenant and the wider Home Rule movement from both nationalist and unionist perspective. His love of languages has continued throughout his life and he has been an annual visitor to the Donegal Gaeltacht, Bishop McGuckian also gained a Masters in Irish Translation from Queen’s University, Belfast.
Two of his older brothers, Fathers Bernard and Michael, are also Jesuit priests, while yet another brother, John B., is one of Ireland’s most successful businessmen. His two much-loved sisters have both died, Paula Haughey (2013) and Mary Dynan (2018). McGuckian went to The Queen’s University of Belfast in 1971 to study Irish and philosophy, where he was a near contemporary of Donal McKeown, Bishop of Derry, with whom he shared North Antrim roots and an education at St MacNissi’s College, Garron Tower.
He was ordained to the priesthood in 1984 and spent a short time teaching in Clongowes Wood College.
Alan McGuckian Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Catholic Priest |
| House | Living in own house. |
Alan McGuckian is one of the richest Catholic Priest from . According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alan McGuckian 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Alexander Aloysius “Alan” McGuckian SJ (born 26 February 1953) is an Irish Roman Catholic bishop and Jesuit. Since 2017, he has been the Bishop of Raphoe. He is Ireland’s first Jesuit bishop.
After one year in Belfast, he joined the Jesuit novitiate in Clontarf in Dublin, continuing his university education in University College, Dublin (U.C.D.), specifically for a degree in Spanish and Latin. He graduated in 1977 and progressed to study Philosophy in the Jesuit Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy and then Theology in the Toronto School of Theology (the Jesuit Regis College, University of Toronto), qualifying with a M.Div and STL.
From 2011 to 2017 he worked fulltime in the Living Church office of the Diocese of Down and Connor, helping renew pastoral life across the diocese.
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