Fr. Cornelius Buckley
Cornelius Michael Buckley, S.J., was born in California in 1925, served in the Navy during World War II, and graduated from the University of Santa Clara in 1950, the same year he joined the Jesuits. After studies, he was a professor of history at the University of San Francisco until his retirement in 1998. In 2004, he became a chaplain at Thomas Aquinas College, a position he held until 2022, when he moved to the “Jesuit Finishing School”, his term for the Society of Jesus’ retirement community in Los Gatos, California. Here, he waits his final assignment.
