Paul Butler (bishop)
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The Right Reverend Paul Butler |
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| Bishop of Durham | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Durham |
| Installed | 22 February 2014 |
| Predecessor | Justin Welby |
| Other posts |
Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham (2010–2014) Bishop of Southampton (2004–2009) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1983 |
| Consecration | 24 June 2004 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 September 1955 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Rosemary |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
Paul Roger Butler (born 18 September 1955) is the Bishop of Durham in the Diocese of Durham. His election was confirmed on 20 January 2014 and he was installed and enthroned in Durham Cathedral on 22 February 2014. On 12 September 2013 it was announced that he had been appointed as Bishop-designate of Durham (succeeding Justin Welby.) He was previously Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. He was installed at Southwell Minster on 27 February 2010. He served as the Bishop suffragan of Southampton in the Diocese of Winchester from 2004 until 2010.
Butler was educated at Kingston Grammar School and received a BA in English and history with honours from Nottingham University in 1977. He worked for the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) in their Bookstall Service (1978–1980) before training for Ordained ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford from 1980–1983.
He served his curacy between 1983 and 1987 at All Saints with Holy Trinity in Wandsworth in the Diocese of Southwark. He then moved to Scripture Union to become Inner London Evangelist, holding this post until 1992. Between 1992 and 1994 he was Deputy Head of Mission at Scripture Union. Between 1987 and 1994, he was also a non-stipendiary minister at St Paul's East Ham in the Diocese of Chelmsford.
Butler then moved to the Diocese of Chelmsford. Between 1994 and 1997 he was priest-in-charge of St. Mary's Church, Walthamstow with St Stephen's and St Luke's, becoming Team Rector of Walthamstow in 1997 until 2004. He was also Area Dean of Waltham Forest from 2000 to 2004 and was appointed an honorary canon of Byumba in Rwanda in 2001.
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