Arthur Butler (bishop) explained

Arthur Hamilton Butler (8 March 1912  - 6 July 1991) 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.

Notes and References

1. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F; Oxford:Oxford University Press, 1976
2. [Who's Who|"Who was Who"]
3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
4. [The Times]
5. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: CUP. .