Arthur Butler (bishop)

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Arthur Hamilton Butler {{post-nominals|MBE}} (8 March 1912 – 6 July 1991) was an Irish bishop in the Church of Ireland in the second half of the 20th century."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}}

Born on 8 March 1912 and educated at Friars School, Bangor"Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} and Trinity College Dublin,

he was ordained in 1936 and began his career as a curate at Monkstown, Dublin.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941 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.The Times, Thursday, 10 April 1958; p. 10; Issue 54121; col D New Bishop of Tuam He was translated to be Bishop of Connor in 1969Fryde, 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}}. and retired in 1981. He died 6 July 1991.