Patrick "Pat" Buckley (born 1952) is a former priest of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland who was excommunicated as a result of his ordination as a bishop in an independent church. As an illicitly ordained bishop he is not a member of the Irish episcopal conference and is not treated as a bishop by bishops in communion with Rome. Buckley was granted a Master of Social Science (Irish Studies) degree in 1989 by The Queen's University of Belfast. Buckley entered into a civil partnership with his Filipino boyfriend Eduardo Yango on 2 March 2010.