John Butt (bishop)
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John Baptist Butt (20 April 1826 – 1 November 1899) was an English prelate who served as the fourth Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark[1] from 1885 to 1897.
Life
Born in
Butt was appointed an
He founded St John's Seminary, Wonersh, near Guildford, Surrey in 1889, and employed as his first rector the young priest Francis Bourne, later to become Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.[5]
Butt resigned as Bishop of Southwark on 29 March 1897, and appointed Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Thracia on 9 April 1897.[3] He died in Arundel[1] on 1 November 1899, aged 73,[3] and was buried at St John’s Seminary in Wonersh.[6] He had been a bishop for almost 15 years.[3] There is a memorial to him Arundel Cathedral[1] and in relief on the walls of the cathedral are the Stations of the Cross to his memory.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Arundel Cathedral: memorial to John Butt". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ISBN 9781843833468
- ^ a b c d e "Bishop John Baptist Butt". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ Cunningham, William. "Southwark." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 2 March 2020
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "St John's Seminary, Wonersh: History". wonersh.org. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Inside Arundel Cathedral". abdiocese.org. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
