Paul Butler (priest)

The Right Reverend Paul Roger Butler BA (born 1956) is the current Bishop of Southampton in the Diocese of Winchester; a post he has held since 2004. [BBC News reports on Bishop Paul's appointment - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/3647045.stm]

Butler received his BA from Nottingham University in 1977, before training for the ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He served his curacy between 1983 and 1987 at All Saints with Holy Trinity in Wandsworth (Diocese of Southwark). He then moved to the Scripture Union to become Inner London Evangelist, holding this post until 1992. Between 1992 and 1994 he was Deputy Head of Mission at the Scripture Union. Between 1987 and 1994, Butler had also been a non-stipendiary minister at East Halm St Paul (Diocese of Chelmsford).

Butler then moved permanently to the Diocese of Chelmsford. Between 1994 and 1997, he was priest-in-charge of Walthamstow St Mary with St Stephen, and of Walthamstow St Luke; becoming Team Rector of Walthamstow in 1997 until 2004. He was also Area Dean of Walthamstow between 2000 and 2004, and was appointed an Honorary Canon of Byumba in Rwanda in 2001. [10 Downing Street's Press Release regarding Butler's appointment as Bishop of Southampton - http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page5659.asp]

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* Mr Paul Butler (1956-1982)
* The Revd. Paul Butler (1982-2001)
* The Revd. Canon Paul Butler (2001-2004)
* The Rt. Revd. Paul Butler (2004-)

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