Arthur Butler (bishop)

Arthur Hamilton Butler MBE was an Irish bishop in the Church of Ireland in the second half of the 20th century.[1]

Born on 8 March 1912 and educated at Friars School, Bangor [2] and Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1936 and began his career as a curate at Monkstown, County Dublin.[3] London curacies at Christ Church, Crouch End and Holy Trinity, Brompton were followed by six years as Army Chaplain. In 1945 he returned to Monkstown as incumbent, a post he held until his ordination to the episcopate as the 10th Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry in 1958.[4] He was translated to be Bishop of Connor in 1969[5] and retired in 1981. He died 6 July 1991.

References

  1. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F; Oxford:Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  2. "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
  4. The Times, Thursday, 10 Apr 1958; pg. 10; Issue 54121; col D New Bishop Of Tuam
  5. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: CUP. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
John Winthrop Crozier
Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry
1957 1969
Succeeded by
John Coote Duggan
Preceded by
Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott
Bishop of Connor
1969 1981
Succeeded by
William John McCappin
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