Bishop Basil Edward Christopher Butler, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara

Note(s): (Abbot President/English Benedictines)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 May 1902		Born
1928²	25.6	Converted
30 Sep 1930	28.3	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
1 Oct 1932	30.4	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
10 Jun 1933	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
1961²	58.6	Elected	President of Order of Saint Benedict
29 Nov 1966	64.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
29 Nov 1966	64.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara
21 Dec 1966	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara
20 Sep 1986	84.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Basil Edward Christopher Butler
Bishop Basil Edward Christopher Butler O.S.B.
(born 7 May 1902, died 20 Sep 1986)
Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Reading, Berkshire, Diocese of Portsmouth, England
Ordained Priest St. Gregory, Abbey, Downside, Radstock, Somerset, Diocese of Clifton, England
Ordained Bishop Most Precious Blood, Cathedral, Westminster, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Death Place Sts. John and Elizabeth, Hospital, St. John's Wood, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Buried Place (Original) St. Gregory, Abbey, Downside, Radstock, Somerset, Diocese of Clifton, England

a priest for 53.2 years
a bishop for 19.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Carmel Cardinal Heenan †
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Igino Eugenio Cardinale †
Titular Archbishop of Nepte
Bishop Joseph Edward Rudderham †
Bishop of Clifton, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Carmel Cardinal Heenan † (1951)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop William Godfrey † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Cius
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Timothy Peter Joseph Cardinal Radcliffe, O.P. (1971)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Victor Guazzelli † (1970)
Bishop Gerald Thomas Mahon, M.H.M. † (1970)
George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. † (1976)
Bishop Philip James Benedict Harvey † (1977)
Bishop James Joseph O’Brien † (1977)
Archbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville † (1982)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Reading, Berkshire, Diocese of Portsmouth, England
Ordained Priest	St. Gregory, Abbey, Downside, Radstock, Somerset, Diocese of Clifton, England
Ordained Bishop	Most Precious Blood, Cathedral, Westminster, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Death Place	Sts. John and Elizabeth, Hospital, St. John's Wood, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England
Buried Place (Original)	St. Gregory, Abbey, Downside, Radstock, Somerset, Diocese of Clifton, England

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/181568
VIAF: 69741691
WikiData: Q2039893

Source(s):

prof: CB, 29 Feb 2012
b: Arundel to Zabi, Page 54
sole: CB, 12 Feb 2016
mn/dp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 227, Additions/Corrections (back)
loc: CL, 20 Feb 2018

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