Basil Hume
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His Eminence Basil Hume OSB OM |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster | |
Statue of Hume in Newcastle upon Tyne
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| Province | Westminster |
| Diocese | Westminster |
| Appointed | 9 February 1976 |
| Installed | 25 March 1976 |
| Term ended | 17 June 1999 |
| Predecessor | John Carmel Heenan |
| Successor | Cormac Murphy-O'Connor |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite |
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| Ordination | 23 July 1950 |
| Consecration | 26 March 1976 by Bruno Heim |
| Created Cardinal | 24 May 1976 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | George Haliburton Hume |
| Born |
2 March 1923 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 17 June 1999 (aged 76) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Buried | Chapel of St Gregory and St Augustine, Westminster Cathedral, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Sir William Errington Hume and Maria Elizabeth Hume (née Tisserye) |
| Previous post | Abbot of Saint Lawrence's Abbey, Ampleforth (1963–1976) |
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Styles of Basil Hume, OSB, OM |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Basil Hume OSB OM (2 March 1923 – 17 June 1999) was an English Roman Catholic bishop. He was a monk and priest of the English Benedictine monastery of Ampleforth Abbey and its abbot for 13 years until his appointment as Archbishop of Westminster in 1976. His elevation to cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church followed during the same year. From 1979 Hume served also as President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. He held these appointments until his death from cancer in 1999. His final resting place is at Westminster Cathedral in the Chapel of St Gregory and St Augustine.
During his lifetime Hume received wide respect from the general public which went beyond the Catholic community. Following his death, a statue of him in his monastic habit and wearing his abbatial cross was erected in his home town of Newcastle upon Tyne outside St Mary's Cathedral (opposite the Central railway station), unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II.
He was born George Haliburton Hume at 4, Ellison Place in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1923 to Sir William Errington Hume (d. Jan1, 1960) and Marie Elizabeth (née Tisseyre) Hume (d. 1978). His father was a Protestant and a cardiac physician from Scotland and his mother the French Catholic daughter of an army officer. He had three sisters and one brother.
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