Christopher Butson

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The Rt Rev. Christopher Butson, DD was a Church of Ireland bishop in the first half of the Nineteenth Century.^[1]

Born in England in 1747, he was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. He was nominated Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford on 2 April and installed there on 12 May 1784.^[2] He also became Chancellor of Ferns and Leighlin on 12 March 1802.

He was nominated Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 5 May and consecrated on 29 July 1804. Under the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833, the sees of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh were united to those of Killaloe and Kilfenora on 29 January 1834, with Butson becoming Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert of the new united diocese.^[3] He died in office on 22 March 1836.^[4]

References

1. ^ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 052156350X, 9780521563505
2. ^ The Essex Standard, and Colchester, Chelmsford, Maldon, Harwich, and General County Advertiser (Colchester, England), Friday, April 01, 1836; Issue 274. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
3. ^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0198217455
4. ^ The Times, Saturday, Mar 26, 1836; pg. 5; Issue 16061; col A

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Nathaniel Alexander	Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh 1804–1834	Title name change
New title	Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert 1834–1836	Succeeded by Stephen Creagh Sandes

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Name	Butson, Christopher
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Date of birth	1747
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Date of death	22 March 1836
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