Christopher Butler
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1902 – 1986
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Who was Christopher Butler?
Basil Christopher Butler, OSB was a convert from the Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church.
He was a Roman Catholic priest, the 7th Abbot of Downside Abbey, one-time Abbot President of the English Benedictine Congregation, an auxiliary bishop of Westminster, an internationally respected scripture scholar, a consistent defender of the priority of the Gospel according to Matthew, and a pre-eminent English-speaking Council Father at the Second Vatican Council.
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- Born
- May 7, 1902
Reading - Also known as
- Basil Butler
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Died
- Sep 20, 1986
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on July 23, 2013
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